org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/memory/IMemoryRenderingInfo.java

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package org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.memory;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;


/**
 * Store information about a type of rendering
 * e.g.  raw memory, ascii, ebcdic, integer, etc.
 * Extension point org.eclipse.debug.ui.rendering is
 * provided to allow plugins to contribute additional rendering
 * types.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IMemoryRenderingInfo
{
	/**
	 * @return the name of the rendering type.
	 * Name will be used to label the view tab of the rendering
	 */
	public String getName();
	
	/**
	 * @return the id of this rendering
	 */
	public String getRenderingId();
	
	/**
	 * Given the property id, get rendering specific property
	 * Return null if the property is nto available.
	 * @param propertyId
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getProperty(String propertyId);
	
	/**
	 * @return the configuration element of the rendering
	 */
	public IConfigurationElement getConfigElement();
	
	/**
	 * @param propertyId
	 * @return the configuration element of the property
	 */
	public IConfigurationElement getPropertyConfigElement(String propertyId);
	
	/**
	 * @return the configuration element of all the properties
	 */
	public IConfigurationElement[] getAllProperties();
}