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| * Copyright (c) 2004, 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.ui.internal.browser; |
| /** |
| * An interface to an external Web browser. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * @see IBrowserDescriptorWorkingCopy |
| * @since 1.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IBrowserDescriptor { |
| public static final String URL_PARAMETER = "%URL%"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the displayable name of the Web browser. |
| * |
| * @return the name |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the absolute path to the location of the Web browser's executable. |
| * The location is platform specific and may return null if no location has been |
| * set. |
| * |
| * @return the path to the executable |
| */ |
| public String getLocation(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the parameters that should be used to launch the Web browser executable. |
| * %URL% is used if the URL should be inserted into the parameters. If there are |
| * no parameters, <code>null</code> is returned. |
| * |
| * @return the parameters |
| */ |
| public String getParameters(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Deletes this Web browser. The browser will no longer be available to users. |
| * This method has no effect if the browser has already been deleted or has never |
| * been saved. |
| */ |
| public void delete(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns whether this browser is a working copy. Browsers which return |
| * <code>true</code> to this method can be safely cast to |
| * <code>org.eclipse.ui.internal.browser.IBrowserDescriptorWorkingCopy</code> |
| * |
| * @return whether this browser is a working copy |
| */ |
| public boolean isWorkingCopy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a working copy of this browser. Changes to the working copy will be |
| * applied to this browser when saved. |
| * |
| * @return a working copy of this browser |
| */ |
| public IBrowserDescriptorWorkingCopy getWorkingCopy(); |
| } |