| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 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.views; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a categorization of views. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface IViewCategory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the views contained within this category. Never <code>null</code>, |
| * but may be empty. |
| * |
| * @return the views contained within this category |
| */ |
| IViewDescriptor[] getViews(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the id of this category. Never <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @return the id |
| */ |
| String getId(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the human readable name of this view category. Never <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @return the label |
| */ |
| String getLabel(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this categories path. The segments of this path will correspond to |
| * category ids. |
| * |
| * @return the path |
| */ |
| IPath getPath(); |
| } |