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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui;
/**
* Defines a reference to an IViewPart.
* <p>
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* </p>
*/
public interface IViewReference extends IWorkbenchPartReference {
/**
* Returns the IViewPart referenced by this object.
* Returns null if the view was not instanciated or
* it failed to be restored. Tries to restore the view
* if <code>restore</code> is true.
*/
public IViewPart getView(boolean restore);
/**
* Returns true if the view is a fast view otherwise returns false.
*/
public boolean isFastView();
}