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* 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.ui.internal;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
/**
* Internal interface used in providing increased binary compatibility for
* pre-3.0 plug-ins. This declaration masks the empty interface of the same name
* declared in the Workbench proper. This interface declares IWorkbenchPage that
* existed in 2.1 but were removed in 3.0 because they referenced resource API.
* <p>
* Plug-ins should not refer to this type or its containing fragment from their
* class path. It is intended only to provide binary compatibility for pre-3.0
* plug-ins, and should not be referenced at development time.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface ICompatibleWorkbenchPage {
/**
* Opens an editor on the given file resource.
* <p>
* If this page already has an editor open on the target object that editor
* is activated; otherwise, a new editor is opened.
* <p>
* <p>
* An appropriate editor for the input is determined using a multistep
* process.
* </p>
* <ol>
* <li>The workbench editor registry is consulted to determine if an editor
* extension has been registered for the file type. If so, an instance of
* the editor extension is opened on the file. See
* <code>IEditorRegistry.getDefaultEditor(IFile)</code>.
* <li>Next, the native operating system will be consulted to determine if
* a native editor exists for the file type. If so, a new process is started
* and the native editor is opened on the file.
* <li>If all else fails the file will be opened in a default text editor.
* </li>
* </ol>
* </p>
*
* @param input
* the file to edit
* @return an open and active editor, or <code>null</code> if a system
* editor was opened
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be initialized
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method moved from this
* interface to
* <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IWorkbenchPage,IFile)</code>.
* This method should not be referenced at development time. See
* the class comment for more details.
*/
public IEditorPart openEditor(IFile input) throws PartInitException;
/**
* Opens an editor on the given file resource.
* <p>
* If this page already has an editor open on the target object that editor
* is brought to front; otherwise, a new editor is opened. If
* <code>activate == true</code> the editor will be activated.
* <p>
* <p>
* The editor type is determined by mapping <code>editorId</code> to an
* editor extension registered with the workbench. An editor id is passed
* rather than an editor object to prevent the accidental creation of more
* than one editor for the same input. It also guarantees a consistent
* lifecycle for editors, regardless of whether they are created by the user
* or restored from saved data.
* </p>
*
* @param input
* the file to edit
* @param editorId
* the id of the editor extension to use or null
* @param activate
* if <code>true</code> the editor will be activated
* @return an open and active editor
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be initialized
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method moved from this
* interface to
* <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IWorkbenchPage,IFile,String,boolean)</code>.
* This method should not be referenced at development time. See
* the class comment for more details.
*/
public IEditorPart openEditor(IFile input, String editorId, boolean activate)
throws PartInitException;
/**
* Opens an editor on the given file resource.
* <p>
* If this page already has an editor open on the target object that editor
* is activated; otherwise, a new editor is opened.
* <p>
* <p>
* The editor type is determined by mapping <code>editorId</code> to an
* editor extension registered with the workbench. An editor id is passed
* rather than an editor object to prevent the accidental creation of more
* than one editor for the same input. It also guarantees a consistent
* lifecycle for editors, regardless of whether they are created by the user
* or restored from saved data.
* </p>
*
* @param editorId
* the id of the editor extension to use
* @param input
* the file to edit
* @return an open and active editor
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be initialized
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method moved from this
* interface to
* <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IWorkbenchPage,IFile,String)</code>.
* This method should not be referenced at development time. See
* the class comment for more details.
*/
public IEditorPart openEditor(IFile input, String editorId)
throws PartInitException;
/**
* Opens an editor on the file resource of the given marker.
* <p>
* If this page already has an editor open on the target object that editor
* is activated; otherwise, a new editor is opened. The cursor and selection
* state of the editor is then updated from information recorded in the
* marker.
* <p>
* <p>
* If the marker contains an <code>EDITOR_ID_ATTR</code> attribute the
* attribute value will be used to determine the editor type to be opened.
* If not, the registered editor for the marker resource will be used.
* </p>
*
* @param marker
* the marker to open
* @return an open and active editor, or null if a system editor was opened
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be initialized
* @see IEditorPart#gotoMarker
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method moved from this
* interface to
* <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IWorkbenchPage,IMarker)</code>.
* This method should not be referenced at development time. See
* the class comment for more details.
*/
public IEditorPart openEditor(IMarker marker) throws PartInitException;
/**
* Opens an editor on the file resource of the given marker.
* <p>
* If this page already has an editor open on the target object that editor
* is brought to front; otherwise, a new editor is opened. If
* <code>activate == true</code> the editor will be activated. The cursor
* and selection state of the editor are then updated from information
* recorded in the marker.
* <p>
* <p>
* If the marker contains an <code>EDITOR_ID_ATTR</code> attribute the
* attribute value will be used to determine the editor type to be opened.
* If not, the registered editor for the marker resource will be used.
* </p>
*
* @param marker
* the marker to open
* @param activate
* if <code>true</code> the editor will be activated
* @return an open editor, or null if a system editor was opened
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be initialized
* @see IEditorPart#gotoMarker
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method moved from this
* interface to
* <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IWorkbenchPage,IMarker,boolean)</code>.
* This method should not be referenced at development time. See
* the class comment for more details.
*/
public IEditorPart openEditor(IMarker marker, boolean activate)
throws PartInitException;
/**
* Opens an operating system editor on a given file. Once open, the
* workbench has no knowledge of the editor or the state of the file being
* edited. Users are expected to perform a "Local Refresh" from the
* workbench user interface.
*
* @param input
* the file to edit
* @exception PartInitException
* if the editor could not be opened.
* @deprecated In 3.0 this resource-specific method was removed. Use
* <code>openEditor(new FileEditorInput(file), IEditorRegistry.SYSTEM_EXTERNAL_EDITOR_ID)</code>
* instead. This method should not be referenced at development
* time. See the class comment for more details.
*/
public void openSystemEditor(IFile input) throws PartInitException;
}