jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.ui/src/org/eclipse/jpt/ui/details/JpaDetailsProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.jpt.ui.details;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentType;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaStructureNode;
import org.eclipse.jpt.ui.WidgetFactory;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;

/**
 * This provider is responsible to create the {@link JpaDetailsPage}
 * responsible to show the information for a given content node id.
 *
 * @see JpaDetailsPage
 *
 * @version 2.2
 * @since 2.0
 *
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 */
public interface JpaDetailsProvider
{
	/**
	 * Creates a new details page based on the given content node id.
	 *
	 * @param parent The parent container
	 * @param contentNodeId The unique identifier used to determine which details
	 * page to create
	 * @param widgetFactory The factory used to create various widgets
	 */
	//TODO Should we pass in JpaUiFactory so these pages can be built using the factory and overriden?
	JpaDetailsPage<? extends JpaStructureNode> buildDetailsPage(
		Composite parent,
		WidgetFactory widgetFactory);
	
	/**
	 * Return the id of the corresponding JpaStructureNode.
	 */
	String getId();
	
	/**
	 * Return the content type of the reosurce
	 */
	IContentType getContentType();
}