org.eclipse.osbp.ecview.core.common/src/org/eclipse/osbp/ecview/core/common/presentation/IConverterFactory.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2015 - Lunifera GmbH (Gross Enzersdorf, Austria), Loetz GmbH&Co.KG (69115 Heidelberg, Germany)
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *         Florian Pirchner - Initial implementation
 */
package org.eclipse.osbp.ecview.core.common.presentation;

import org.eclipse.osbp.ecview.core.common.context.IViewContext;
import org.eclipse.osbp.ecview.core.common.editpart.IConverterEditpart;

// TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc
/**
 * Is used to create UI-Kit specific converters.
 */
public interface IConverterFactory {

	/**
	 * Returns true, if the factory can be used for the given element.
	 * 
	 * @param uiContext
	 *            contains information about the current ui instance
	 * @param editpart
	 *            the editpart for which a converter should be created.
	 * @return result
	 */
	boolean isFor(IViewContext uiContext, IConverterEditpart editpart);

	/**
	 * Is used to create a new instance of a converter.
	 *
	 * @param uiContext
	 *            contains information about the current ui instance
	 * @param editpart
	 *            the editpart for which a converter should be created.
	 * @return converter
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
	 *             if no presentation could be created.
	 */
	Object createConverter(IViewContext uiContext, IConverterEditpart editpart)
			throws IllegalArgumentException;
}