core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.ui/src/org/eclipse/dltk/internal/ui/wizards/IBuildpathContainerPage.java

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package org.eclipse.dltk.internal.ui.wizards;

import org.eclipse.dltk.core.IBuildpathEntry;
import org.eclipse.jface.wizard.IWizardPage;

/**
 * A buildpath container page allows the user to create a new or edit an
 * existing buildpath container entry.
 * <p>
 * Clients should implement this interface and include the name of their class
 * in an extension contributed to the dltk.ui's buildpath container page
 * extension point (named <code>org.eclipse.dltk.ui.buildpathContainerPage
 * </code>).
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Clients implementing this interface may subclass from
 * <code>org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardPage</code>.
 * </p>
 * Clients implementing this interface may also implement
 * <code>IBuildpathContainerPageExtension</code> to get additional context
 * before this page is opened.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface IBuildpathContainerPage extends IWizardPage {

	/**
	 * Called when the buildpath container wizard is closed by selecting the
	 * finish button. Implementers typically override this method to store the
	 * page result (new/changed buildpath entry returned in getSelection) into
	 * its model.
	 * 
	 * @return if the operation was successful. Only when returned
	 *         <code>true</code>, the wizard will close.
	 */
	public boolean finish();

	/**
	 * Returns the edited or created buildpath container entry. This method may
	 * return <code>null</code> if no buildpath container entry exists. The
	 * returned buildpath entry is of kind <code>IBuildpathEntry.BPE_CONTAINER
	 * </code>.
	 * 
	 * @return the buildpath entry edited or created on the page.
	 */
	public IBuildpathEntry getSelection();

	/**
	 * Sets the buildpath container entry to be edited or <code>null</code> if a
	 * new entry should be created.
	 * 
	 * @param containerEntry
	 *            the buildpath entry to edit or <code>null</code>. If not
	 *            <code>null</code> then the buildpath entry must be of kind
	 *            <code>IBuildpathEntry.BPE_CONTAINER</code>
	 */
	public void setSelection(IBuildpathEntry containerEntry);
}