| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2004 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.viewers; |
| |
| /** |
| * A delayed label decorator is a label decorator that may not have a |
| * decoration available immidiately. This interface defines the methods for |
| * requesting the preparation of a decorator for an object and for querying |
| * if the decorator is ready. Interested parties should register an |
| * ILabelProviderListener with a delayed label decorator in order to be informed |
| * when the decoration is ready. |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IDelayedLabelDecorator extends ILabelDecorator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Prepare the element for decoration. If it is already decorated and ready for update |
| * return true. If decoration is pending return false. |
| * @param element The element to be decorated |
| * @param originalText The starting text. |
| * @return boolean <code>true</code> if the decoration is ready for this element |
| */ |
| |
| public boolean prepareDecoration(Object element, String originalText); |
| |
| } |
