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eclipse.core package without osgi dependencies
author | Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de> |
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date | Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:57:19 +0100 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/dwtx/core/runtime/IAdaptable.d Wed Mar 26 00:57:19 2008 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +/******************************************************************************* + * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. + * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials + * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 + * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at + * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html + * + * Contributors: + * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation + * Port to the D programming language: + * Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de> + *******************************************************************************/ +module dwtx.core.runtime.IAdaptable; + +import dwt.dwthelper.utils; + +/** + * An interface for an adaptable object. + * <p> + * Adaptable objects can be dynamically extended to provide different + * interfaces (or "adapters"). Adapters are created by adapter + * factories, which are in turn managed by type by adapter managers. + * </p> + * For example, + * <pre> + * IAdaptable a = [some adaptable]; + * IFoo x = (IFoo)a.getAdapter(IFoo.class); + * if (x !is null) + * [do IFoo things with x] + * </pre> + * <p> + * This interface can be used without OSGi running. + * </p><p> + * Clients may implement this interface, or obtain a default implementation + * of this interface by subclassing <code>PlatformObject</code>. + * </p> + * @see IAdapterFactory + * @see IAdapterManager + * @see PlatformObject + */ +public interface IAdaptable { + /** + * Returns an object which is an instance of the given class + * associated with this object. Returns <code>null</code> if + * no such object can be found. + * + * @param adapter the adapter class to look up + * @return a object castable to the given class, + * or <code>null</code> if this object does not + * have an adapter for the given class + */ + public Object getAdapter(ClassInfo adapter); +}