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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jface.internal.databinding.provisional.factories; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jface.databinding.observable.IObservable; |
| |
| /** |
| * A factory for creating observable objects from description objects. |
| * <p> |
| * <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong>. This class or interface has been added as |
| * part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will remain |
| * unchanged during the 3.2 release cycle. Please do not use this API without |
| * consulting with the Platform/UI team. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 1.0 |
| * @deprecated no longer part of the API |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IObservableFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an observable for the given description, or null if this factory |
| * cannot create observables for this description. The BindingException is |
| * only thrown in error cases, e.g. if the description itself is invalid, or |
| * if an error occurred during the creation of the observable. |
| * @param description |
| * |
| * @return an updatable |
| */ |
| IObservable createObservable(Object description); |
| } |
