| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.search.ui; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker; |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes the key by which the markers in the search result view |
| * are grouped. |
| */ |
| public interface IGroupByKeyComputer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes and returns key by which the given marker is grouped. |
| * |
| * @param marker the marker for which the key must be computed |
| * @return an object that will be used as the key for that marker, |
| * <code>null</code> if the marker seems to be invalid |
| */ |
| public Object computeGroupByKey(IMarker marker); |
| } |
