IReadOnlyDependent (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShiftAction
```
public interface IReadOnlyDependent
```
Extension interface for actions. Actions implementing this interface not only manage an enable/disable state but also manage a "hypothetical" enable state, depending on whether the target they work on is writable or read-only.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isEnabled(boolean isWritable)`	Returns whether the actions would be enabled if its target would be enabled given the writable state described by `isWritable`.

- Method Detail
  - isEnabled
```
boolean isEnabled(boolean isWritable)
```
    Returns whether the actions would be enabled if its target would be enabled given the writable state described by isWritable. isEnabled() and isEnabled(boolean) holds the following invariants: isEnabled() == false, if isEnabled(true) == false || isEnabled(false) == false isEnabled() == true, if isEnabled(true) == true || isEnabled(false) == true
    
    Parameters:
    
    isWritable - the writable state
    
    Returns:
    
    the hypothetical enable state of the action