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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 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.IWidgetTokenOwnerExtension;
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15 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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17 /**
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18 * Extension interface for {@link dwtx.jface.text.IWidgetTokenOwner}.
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19 * <p>
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20 * Replaces the original <code>requestWidgetToken</code> functionality with a
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21 * new priority based approach.
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22 *
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23 * @since 3.0
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24 */
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25 public interface IWidgetTokenOwnerExtension {
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27 /**
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28 * Requests the widget token from this token owner. Returns
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29 * <code>true</code> if the token has been acquired or is
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30 * already owned by the requester. This method is non-blocking.
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31 *
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32 * <p><code>priority</code> is forwarded to any existing token keeper
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33 * to give it an estimate on whether the request has higher priority than
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34 * the current keeper's. There is, however, no guarantee that another keeper
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35 * will release the token even if it has a high priority.</p>
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36 *
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37 * @param requester the token requester
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38 * @param priority the priority of the request
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39 * @return <code>true</code> if requester acquires the token,
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40 * <code>false</code> otherwise
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41 */
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42 bool requestWidgetToken(IWidgetTokenKeeper requester, int priority);
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43 }