| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.stringsubstitution; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A context variable is a variable whose value is determined by the context |
| * that it is referenced in, and optionally accepts an argument. A context |
| * variable is contributed by an extension. |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IContextVariable extends IStringVariable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the value of this variable when referenced with the given |
| * argument, possibly <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @param argument argument present in variable expression or <code>null</code> |
| * if none |
| * @return value of this variable when referenced with the given argument, possibly |
| * <code>null</code> |
| * @throws CoreException if unable to resolve a value for this variable |
| */ |
| public String getValue(String argument) throws CoreException; |
| } |
