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author Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
date Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:57:19 +0100
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1 /*******************************************************************************
2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
7 *
8 * Contributors:
9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
10 * Port to the D programming language:
11 * Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
12 *******************************************************************************/
13 module dwtx.core.runtime.IAdapterFactory;
14
15 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
16
17 /**
18 * An adapter factory defines behavioral extensions for
19 * one or more classes that implements the <code>IAdaptable</code>
20 * interface. Adapter factories are registered with an
21 * adapter manager.
22 * <p>
23 * This interface can be used without OSGi running.
24 * </p><p>
25 * Clients may implement this interface.
26 * </p>
27 * @see IAdapterManager
28 * @see IAdaptable
29 */
30 public interface IAdapterFactory {
31 /**
32 * Returns an object which is an instance of the given class
33 * associated with the given object. Returns <code>null</code> if
34 * no such object can be found.
35 *
36 * @param adaptableObject the adaptable object being queried
37 * (usually an instance of <code>IAdaptable</code>)
38 * @param adapterType the type of adapter to look up
39 * @return a object castable to the given adapter type,
40 * or <code>null</code> if this adapter factory
41 * does not have an adapter of the given type for the
42 * given object
43 */
44 public Object getAdapter(Object adaptableObject, ClassInfo adapterType);
45
46 /**
47 * Returns the collection of adapter types handled by this
48 * factory.
49 * <p>
50 * This method is generally used by an adapter manager
51 * to discover which adapter types are supported, in advance
52 * of dispatching any actual <code>getAdapter</code> requests.
53 * </p>
54 *
55 * @return the collection of adapter types
56 */
57 public ClassInfo[] getAdapterList();
58 }