bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/ArrayContentProvider.java

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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jface.viewers;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * This implementation of <code>IStructuredContentProvider</code> handles
 * the case where the viewer input is an unchanging array or collection of elements.
 * <p>
 * This class is not intended to be subclassed outside the viewer framework.
 * </p> 
 * 
 * @since 2.1
 */
public class ArrayContentProvider implements IStructuredContentProvider {

    /**
     * Returns the elements in the input, which must be either an array or a
     * <code>Collection</code>. 
     */
    public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement) {
        if (inputElement instanceof Object[])
            return (Object[]) inputElement;
        if (inputElement instanceof Collection)
            return ((Collection) inputElement).toArray();
        return new Object[0];
    }

    /**
     * This implementation does nothing.
     */
    public void inputChanged(Viewer viewer, Object oldInput, Object newInput) {
        // do nothing.
    }

    /**
     * This implementation does nothing.
     */
    public void dispose() {
        // do nothing.
    }
}