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| * 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 |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.core.runtime; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface for an adaptable object. |
| * <p> |
| * Adaptable objects can be dynamically extended to provide different |
| * interfaces (or "adapters"). Adapters are created by adapter |
| * factories, which are in turn managed by type by adapter managers. |
| * </p> |
| * For example, |
| * <pre> |
| * IAdaptable a = [some adaptable]; |
| * IFoo x = (IFoo)a.getAdapter(IFoo.class); |
| * if (x != null) |
| * [do IFoo things with x] |
| * </pre> |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. |
| * </p> |
| * @see IAdapterFactory |
| * @see IAdapterManager |
| */ |
| public interface IAdaptable { |
| /** |
| * Returns an object which is an instance of the given class |
| * associated with this object. Returns <code>null</code> if |
| * no such object can be found. |
| * |
| * @param adapter the adapter class to look up |
| * @return a object castable to the given class, |
| * or <code>null</code> if this object does not |
| * have an adapter for the given class |
| */ |
| public Object getAdapter(Class adapter); |
| } |
