| /****************************************************************************** |
| * 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.type.core; |
| |
| import java.net.URL; |
| |
| /** |
| * Descriptor for an element type that has been defined in XML using the |
| * <code>elementTypes</code> extension point. |
| * |
| * @author ldamus |
| */ |
| public interface IElementTypeDescriptor { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the element type identifier. |
| * |
| * @return the element type identifier. |
| */ |
| public abstract String getId(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the element type icon URL. |
| * |
| * @return the element type icon URL |
| */ |
| public abstract URL getIconURL(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the element type display name. |
| * |
| * @return the element type display name. |
| */ |
| public abstract String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the name of the element factory kind. Identifies the factory that |
| * should be used to create the new element type. |
| * |
| * @return the element factory kind name |
| */ |
| public abstract String getKindName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the value for the parameter named <code>paramName</code>. |
| * |
| * @param paramName |
| * the parameter name |
| * @return the parameter value |
| */ |
| public abstract String getParamValue(String paramName); |
| } |