| //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| // Copyright (c) 2008 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.util; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension; |
| import org.eclipse.epf.library.layout.util.XmlElement; |
| import org.eclipse.epf.uma.MethodElement; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface, in conjunction with the extension point |
| * elementPropertyProviders, provides a mechanism for exposure of custom |
| * attributes of MethodElement to the XSLT templates during a publish of the |
| * method library. |
| * |
| * @author Pierre Padovani |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IElementPropertyProvider extends IExecutableExtension { |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Implementors must return the name of the child XmlElement they wish to have created |
| * against the MethodElement being processed. This name will be used to create the child |
| * XmlElement before a subsequent call to publishMethodElementProperties. If no properties |
| * for the element exist or have been defined, return null. |
| * |
| * @param element |
| * MethodElement |
| * @return String |
| */ |
| public String getChildElementName(MethodElement element); |
| |
| /** |
| * Implementors of this method will be given a child XmlElement that can be filled with |
| * any data desired. All data contained in this XmlElement will be exposed to the XSLT |
| * during a publish. |
| * |
| * @param element |
| * MethodElement |
| * @param data |
| * XmlElement |
| */ |
| public void publishMethodElementProperties(MethodElement element, XmlElement data); |
| |
| } |
