| /******************************************************************************* |
| * 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; |
| |
| /** |
| * Extends <code>IBaseLabelProvider</code> with the methods |
| * to update the label for a given element. The label is represented by a |
| * <code>ViewerLabel</code>. |
| * Unlike <code>ILabelProvider</code>, this allows the text and image to be |
| * set in the same request, rather than via separate requests. |
| * <p> |
| * It also allows the current values for the text and image to be considered by |
| * the label provider, allowing for potential optimizations. |
| * For example, decorating label providers that run in the background can hold off |
| * applying an update to a previously populated label until the decoration is ready, |
| * thereby reducing flicker. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see IDelayedLabelDecorator |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IViewerLabelProvider extends IBaseLabelProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Updates the label for the given element. |
| * |
| * @param label the label to update |
| * @param element the element |
| */ |
| public void updateLabel(ViewerLabel label, Object element); |
| } |
