bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.registry/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/ContributorFactorySimple.java

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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.core.runtime;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.spi.RegistryContributor;

/**
 * The contributor factory creates new registry contributors for use in a simple
 * registry based on the String representation of the determining object.
 * <p>
 * This class can be used without OSGi running.
 * </p><p>
 * This class can not be extended or instantiated by clients.
 * </p><p>
 * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under 
 * development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. 
 * It is being made 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.
 * </p>
 * @since org.eclipse.equinox.registry 3.2
 */
public final class ContributorFactorySimple {
	
	/**
	 * Creates registry contributor object based on a determining object.The determining 
	 * object must not be <code>null</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param determiningObject object associated with the contribution
	 * @return new registry contributor based on the determining object
	 */
	public static IContributor createContributor(Object determiningObject) {
		String id = determiningObject.toString();
		return new RegistryContributor(id, id, null, null);
	}
}