Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

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Interface IInformationControlCreatorExtension


public interface IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Extension interface for IInformationControlCreator

Introduces tests whether information controls can be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.

Since:
3.0
See Also:
IInformationControlCreator, IInformationControl

Method Summary
 boolean canReplace(IInformationControlCreator creator)
          Tests whether this information control creator can replace the given information control creator.
 boolean canReuse(IInformationControl control)
          Tests if an existing information control can be reused.
 

Method Detail

canReuse

public boolean canReuse(IInformationControl control)
Tests if an existing information control can be reused.

Parameters:
control - the information control to test
Returns:
true if the control can be reused

canReplace

public boolean canReplace(IInformationControlCreator creator)
Tests whether this information control creator can replace the given information control creator. This is the case if the two creators create the same kind of information controls.

Parameters:
creator - the creator to be checked
Returns:
true if the given creator can be replaced, false otherwise

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