bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/PartPlaceholder.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.internal;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;

/**
 * A PlaceHolder is a non-visible stand-in for a layout part.
 */
public class PartPlaceholder extends LayoutPart {

    /**
     * Placeholder ids may contain wildcards.  This is the wildcard string.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static String WILD_CARD = "*"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    public PartPlaceholder(String id) {
        super(id);
    }

    /**
     * Creates the SWT control
     */
    public void createControl(Composite parent) {
        // do nothing
    }

    /**
     * Get the part control.  This method may return null.
     */
    public Control getControl() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether this placeholder has a wildcard.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public boolean hasWildCard() {
        return getID().indexOf(WILD_CARD) != -1;
    }
}