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* Copyright (c) 2001, 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
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed;
/**
* Interface for a workbench part to contribute content to the tabbed property
* view.
* <p>
* It is expected that the contributor ID is unique for a configuration of tabs
* and sections. Editors and views can share a configuration by sharing a
* contributor ID. Editors and views cannot share tabs and sections from
* multiple contributors.
* </p>
* <p>
* As a workaround, if all the elements in a structured selection implement
* ITabbedPropertySheetPageContributor and they all return the same unique
* contributor ID, then that configuration of tabs and sections will be used by
* the tabbed property view for that selection.
* </p>
*
* @author Anthony Hunter
*/
public interface ITabbedPropertySheetPageContributor {
/**
* Returns the contributor ID for the tabbed property sheet page.
*
* @return the contributor ID for the tabbed property sheet page.
*/
public String getContributorId();
}