| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 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.jface.text; |
| |
| |
| import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface of a factory for information controls ( |
| * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl}). |
| * |
| * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of |
| * <code>IInformationControlCreator</code>, extension interfaces are used as |
| * a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>{@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension} since |
| * version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can |
| * be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other. |
| * </li> |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IInformationControlCreator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent. |
| * |
| * @param parent the parent shell |
| * @return the created information control |
| */ |
| IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent); |
| } |
| |