org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/workingsets/Mementos.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.workingsets;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;

import org.eclipse.ui.IElementFactory;
import org.eclipse.ui.IMemento;
import org.eclipse.ui.IPersistableElement;
import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;

public class Mementos {

    public static final String TAG_FACTORY_ID = "factoryID"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    public static final String TAG_ITEM = "item"; //$NON-NLS-1$			
	
    public static void saveItem(IMemento memento, IAdaptable element) {
        IPersistableElement persistable= (IPersistableElement)element.getAdapter(IPersistableElement.class);
        if (persistable != null) {
            memento.putString(
            	TAG_FACTORY_ID,
                persistable.getFactoryId());
            persistable.saveState(memento);
        }
    	
    }
    
	public static IAdaptable restoreItem(IMemento memento) {
		return restoreItem(memento, TAG_FACTORY_ID);
	}
	
	public static IAdaptable restoreItem(IMemento memento, String factoryTag) {
		if (memento == null)
			return null;
	    String factoryID = memento.getString(factoryTag);
	    if (factoryID == null) return null;
	    IElementFactory factory = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getElementFactory(factoryID);
	    if (factory == null) return null;
	    return factory.createElement(memento);
	}
}