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| * 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 |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A named set of actions which is defined as an extension to the workbench |
| * via the standard workbench actions extension point |
| * (<code>"org.eclipse.ui.workbenchActions"</code>). |
| * <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> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * @see IActionSetRegistry |
| */ |
| public interface IActionSetDescriptor { |
| /** |
| * Creates a new action set from this descriptor. |
| * <p> |
| * [Issue: Consider throwing WorkbenchException rather than CoreException.] |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @return the new action set |
| * @exception CoreException if the action set cannot be created |
| */ |
| public IActionSet createActionSet() throws CoreException; |
| /** |
| * Returns the category id of this action set. |
| * |
| * @return a non-empty category id or <cod>null</code> if none specified |
| */ |
| public String getCategory(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the description of this action set. |
| * This is the value of its <code>"description"</code> attribute. |
| * |
| * @return the description |
| */ |
| public String getDescription(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the id of this action set. |
| * This is the value of its <code>"id"</code> attribute. |
| * |
| * @return the action set id |
| */ |
| public String getId(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the label of this action set. |
| * This is the value of its <code>"label"</code> attribute. |
| * |
| * @return the label |
| */ |
| public String getLabel(); |
| /** |
| * Returns whether this action set is initially visible. |
| */ |
| public boolean isInitiallyVisible(); |
| /** |
| * Sets the category of this action set. |
| * |
| * @param cat a non-empty category id |
| */ |
| public void setCategory(String id); |
| } |