| /****************************************************************************** |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| ****************************************************************************/ |
| |
| |
| package org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.clipboard.core; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for objects that can create {@link IClipboardSupport}s for |
| * supporting clipboard copy/paste operations on EMF models. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is intended to be implemented by plug-ins |
| * on the <tt>clipboardSupport</tt> extension point. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see IClipboardSupport |
| * |
| * @author Christian W. Damus (cdamus) |
| */ |
| public interface IClipboardSupportFactory { |
| /** |
| * Creates a new clipboard support utility instance. This method may create |
| * a new instance or may return always the same reusable instance. |
| * Clipboard support utilities are not expected to retain any state that |
| * needs to be disposed. |
| * <p> |
| * A single factory class can support any number of EMF metamodels. Hence |
| * the parameterization of the factory method by an <code>ePackage</code>. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param ePackage the <code>EPackage</code> (representing an EMF metamodel) |
| * for which a clipboard support utility is required. |
| * @return a new clipboard support utility |
| */ |
| IClipboardSupport newClipboardSupport(EPackage ePackage); |
| } |
