| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 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.part; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control; |
| import org.eclipse.ui.IPersistable; |
| |
| /** |
| * A part is a high-level object that manages an SWT control. The lifecycle |
| * of a part matches that of its control. The part creates its |
| * control in its constructor, and it performs any cleanup by hooking |
| * a dispose listener on the control. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * Not intended to be subclassed by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public abstract class Part implements IPersistable |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the part's control. The owner of a part may attach |
| * layout data to this control, and may give the part focus by |
| * calling getControl().setFocus(). |
| * |
| * @return the part's control |
| */ |
| public abstract Control getControl(); |
| |
| } |
