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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.text.IInformationControlCreator;
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15 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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18 import dwt.widgets.Shell;
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20
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21 /**
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22 * Interface of a factory for information controls (
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23 * {@link dwtx.jface.text.IInformationControl}).
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24 *
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25 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
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26 * <code>IInformationControlCreator</code>, extension interfaces are used as
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27 * a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
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28 * <ul>
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29 * <li>{@link dwtx.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension} since
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30 * version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can
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31 * be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.
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32 * </li>
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33 * </ul>
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34 *
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35 * @see dwtx.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension
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36 * @since 2.0
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37 */
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38 public interface IInformationControlCreator {
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40 /**
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41 * Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.
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42 *
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43 * @param parent the parent shell
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44 * @return the created information control
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45 */
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46 IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent);
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47 }
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