| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 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.databinding; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| /** |
| * A factory for creating updatable objects from description objects. |
| * <p> |
| * <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong>. This class or interface has been added as |
| * part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will remain |
| * unchanged during the 3.2 release cycle. Please do not use this API without |
| * consulting with the Platform/UI team. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.2 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IUpdatableFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an updatable for the given description, or null if this factory |
| * cannot create updatables for this description. The BindingException is |
| * only thrown in error cases, e.g. if the description itself is invalid, or |
| * if an error occurred during the creation of the updatable. |
| * |
| * @param properties |
| * a mapping from context-defined properties to values, e.g. for |
| * passing policies to the factory. |
| * @param description |
| * @return an updatable |
| */ |
| IUpdatable createUpdatable(Map properties, Object description, IDataBindingContext bindingContext); |
| } |
