annotate dwtx/jface/viewers/ITreeContentProvider.d @ 10:b6c35faf97c8

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date Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:47:19 +0200
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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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7 *
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8 * Contributors:
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9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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10 * Port to the D programming language:
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11 * Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
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12 *******************************************************************************/
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13 module dwtx.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider;
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15 import dwtx.jface.viewers.IStructuredContentProvider;
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17 /**
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18 * An interface to content providers for tree-structure-oriented
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19 * viewers.
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20 *
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21 * @see AbstractTreeViewer
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22 */
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23 public interface ITreeContentProvider : IStructuredContentProvider {
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24 /**
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25 * Returns the child elements of the given parent element.
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26 * <p>
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27 * The difference between this method and <code>IStructuredContentProvider.getElements</code>
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28 * is that <code>getElements</code> is called to obtain the
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29 * tree viewer's root elements, whereas <code>getChildren</code> is used
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30 * to obtain the children of a given parent element in the tree (including a root).
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31 * </p>
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32 * The result is not modified by the viewer.
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33 *
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34 * @param parentElement the parent element
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35 * @return an array of child elements
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36 */
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37 public Object[] getChildren(Object parentElement);
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39 /**
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40 * Returns the parent for the given element, or <code>null</code>
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41 * indicating that the parent can't be computed.
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42 * In this case the tree-structured viewer can't expand
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43 * a given node correctly if requested.
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44 *
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45 * @param element the element
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46 * @return the parent element, or <code>null</code> if it
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47 * has none or if the parent cannot be computed
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48 */
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49 public Object getParent(Object element);
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51 /**
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52 * Returns whether the given element has children.
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53 * <p>
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54 * Intended as an optimization for when the viewer does not
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55 * need the actual children. Clients may be able to implement
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56 * this more efficiently than <code>getChildren</code>.
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57 * </p>
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58 *
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59 * @param element the element
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60 * @return <code>true</code> if the given element has children,
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61 * and <code>false</code> if it has no children
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62 */
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63 public bool hasChildren(Object element);
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64 }