| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2009, 2011 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.compare.patch; |
| |
| import java.io.Reader; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Abstract class for creating readers. |
| * |
| * @since org.eclipse.compare.core 3.5 |
| */ |
| public abstract class ReaderCreator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates new reader. The caller is responsible for closing the reader when |
| * finished. |
| * |
| * @return a reader |
| * @exception CoreException |
| * if the reader can't be created |
| */ |
| public abstract Reader createReader() throws CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns whether the reader can be created. |
| * |
| * @return true if the reader can be created, false otherwise |
| */ |
| public boolean canCreateReader() { |
| return true; |
| } |
| } |
