| package org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry; |
| |
| /* |
| * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001. |
| * All Rights Reserved. |
| */ |
| |
| /** |
| * The view registry maintains a list of views explicitly registered |
| * against the view extension point.. |
| * <p> |
| * [Issue: This interface is not exposed in API, but time may |
| * demonstrate that it should be. For the short term leave it be. |
| * In the long term its use should be re-evaluated. ] |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * The description of a given view is kept in a IViewDescriptor |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public interface IViewRegistry { |
| /** |
| * Return a view descriptor with the given extension ID. If no view exists |
| * with the ID return null. |
| */ |
| public IViewDescriptor find(String id); |
| /** |
| * Returns an enumeration of view categories, if defined. |
| */ |
| public ICategory [] getCategories(); |
| /** |
| * Return the view category count. |
| */ |
| public int getCategoryCount(); |
| /** |
| * Return the view count. |
| */ |
| public int getViewCount(); |
| /** |
| * Return a list of views defined in the registry. |
| */ |
| public IViewDescriptor [] getViews(); |
| } |
