bundles/org.eclipse.compare/compare/org/eclipse/compare/internal/StreamMergerDescriptor.java

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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.compare.internal;

import org.eclipse.compare.IStreamMerger;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;

/**
 * A factory proxy for creating a StructureCreator.
 */
class StreamMergerDescriptor {
	private final static String CLASS_ATTRIBUTE= "class"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	private IConfigurationElement fElement;

	/*
	 * Creates a new sorter node with the given configuration element.
	 */
	public StreamMergerDescriptor(IConfigurationElement element) {
		fElement= element;
	}

	/*
	 * Creates a new stream merger from this node.
	 */
	public IStreamMerger createStreamMerger() {
		try {
			return (IStreamMerger) fElement.createExecutableExtension(CLASS_ATTRIBUTE);
		} catch (CoreException | ClassCastException ex) {
			return null;
		}
	}
}