plugins/org.eclipse.graphiti/src/org/eclipse/graphiti/tb/IContextButtonPadData.java

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package org.eclipse.graphiti.tb;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.graphiti.datatypes.IRectangle;

/**
 * The interface IContextButtonPadData allows to define all information needed
 * to show a context button pad.
 * 
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
 */
public interface IContextButtonPadData {

	/**
	 * Returns the location of the context button pad. It can not be null. These
	 * are not the outer bounds of the context button pad, but the inner
	 * rectangle, around which the context button pad is shown. Often these are
	 * the outer bounds of the figure, for which the context button pad is
	 * shown. But in some cases it makes sense to use the outer bounds of an
	 * inner figure or to shrink/enlarge the rectangle.
	 * <p>
	 * The location can be changed by working directly on the result rectangle
	 * (e.g. getPadLocation().setRectangle()).
	 * 
	 * @return The location of the context button pad.
	 */
	IRectangle getPadLocation();

	/**
	 * Returns the generic context buttons (remove, delete, update, ...) to show
	 * in the context button pad. It can not be null, but it can be empty. Note,
	 * that the differentiation between the button semantics (generic,
	 * domain-specific, collapse, ...) is only made to display the buttons
	 * differently.
	 * <p>
	 * The button list can be changed by working directly on the result list
	 * (e.g. getGenericContextButtons().add()).
	 * <p>
	 * To ensure, that the generic context buttons are identical in all tools,
	 * you have to create them using
	 * {@link DefaultToolBehaviorProvider#setGenericContextButtons(IContextButtonPadData, org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.pictograms.PictogramElement, int)}.
	 * 
	 * @return The generic context buttons (remove, delete, update, ...) to show
	 *         in the context button pad.
	 * 
	 * @see DefaultToolBehaviorProvider#setGenericContextButtons(IContextButtonPadData,
	 *      org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.pictograms.PictogramElement, int)
	 */
	List<IContextButtonEntry> getGenericContextButtons();

	/**
	 * Returns the domain specific context buttons to show in the context button
	 * pad. It can not be null, but it can be empty. Note, that the
	 * differentiation between the button semantics (generic, domain-specific,
	 * collapse, ...) is only made to display the buttons differently.
	 * <p>
	 * The button list can be changed by working directly on the result list
	 * (e.g. getDomainSpecificContextButtons().add()).
	 * 
	 * @return The domain specific context buttons to show in the context button
	 *         pad.
	 */
	List<IContextButtonEntry> getDomainSpecificContextButtons();

	/**
	 * Returns the collapse context button to show in the context button pad. It
	 * can be null. Note, that the differentiation between the button semantics
	 * (generic, domain-specific, collapse, ...) is only made to display the
	 * buttons differently.
	 * 
	 * @return The collapse context button to show in the context button pad.
	 */
	IContextButtonEntry getCollapseContextButton();

	/**
	 * Sets the collapse context button to show in the context button pad. Note,
	 * that the differentiation between the button semantics (generic,
	 * domain-specific, collapse, ...) is only made to display the buttons
	 * differently.
	 * <p>
	 * To ensure, that the collapse context button is identical in all tools,
	 * you have to create it using
	 * {@link ContextEntryHelper#createCollapseContextButton(boolean, org.eclipse.graphiti.features.IFeature, org.eclipse.graphiti.features.context.IContext)}.
	 * 
	 * @param collapseContextButton
	 *            The collapse context button to show in the context button pad.
	 *            A value of null means, that there is no collapse context
	 *            button.
	 * 
	 * @see ContextEntryHelper#createCollapseContextButton(boolean,
	 *      org.eclipse.graphiti.features.IFeature,
	 *      org.eclipse.graphiti.features.context.IContext)
	 */
	void setCollapseContextButton(IContextButtonEntry collapseContextButton);
}