| /******************************************************************************* |
| * 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.compare.internal; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.IStructureCreator; |
| |
| /** |
| * A factory object for creating <code>IStructureCreator</code>s from a descriptor. |
| * <p> |
| * It is used when registering <code>IStructureCreator</code> for types |
| * in <code>CompareUIPlugin.registerStructureCreator</code>. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see IStructureCreator |
| * @see CompareUIPlugin |
| */ |
| public interface IStructureCreatorDescriptor { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new structure creator. |
| * |
| * @return a newly created structure creator |
| */ |
| IStructureCreator createStructureCreator(); |
| } |
