bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/IReusableEditor.java

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package org.eclipse.ui;

/**
 * Interface for reusable editors.
 *
 * An editors may support changing its input so that
 * the workbench may change its contents instead of
 * opening a new editor.
 */
public interface IReusableEditor extends IEditorPart {
    /**
     * Sets the input to this editor.
     *
     * <p><b>Note:</b> Clients must fire the {@link IEditorPart#PROP_INPUT }
     * property change within their implementation of
     * <code>setInput()</code>.<p>
     *
     * @param input the editor input
     */
    void setInput(IEditorInput input);
}