| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 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.jface.window; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for objects that can return a shell. This is normally used for |
| * opening child windows. An object that wants to open child shells can take |
| * an IShellProvider in its constructor, and the object that implements IShellProvider |
| * can dynamically choose where child shells should be opened. |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface IShellProvider { |
| /** |
| * Returns the current shell (or null if none). This return value may |
| * change over time, and should not be cached. |
| * |
| * @return the current shell or null if none |
| */ |
| Shell getShell(); |
| } |