| //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| // Copyright (c) 2005, 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 implementation |
| //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| package org.eclipse.epf.library.edit; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface is used by adapter factories for cleaning up references to |
| * unused item providers. |
| * |
| * @author Phong Nguyen Le |
| * @since 1.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IReferencer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Removes the given reference to an item provider. |
| * |
| * @param ref |
| * a reference to an item provider |
| * @return <code>true</code> if the reference is successfully removed |
| */ |
| public boolean remove(Object ref); |
| |
| /** |
| * Cleans up all unused references. |
| */ |
| public void cleanUp(); |
| |
| } |