bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/dialogs/PropertyDialog.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceManager;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;

/**
 * This dialog is created and shown when 'Properties' action is performed while
 * an object is selected. It shows one or more pages registered for object's
 * type.
 */
public class PropertyDialog extends FilteredPreferenceDialog {
	private ISelection selection;

	//The id of the last page that was selected
	private static String lastPropertyId = null;

	/**
	 * The constructor.
	 */
	public PropertyDialog(Shell parentShell, PreferenceManager mng, ISelection selection) {
		super(parentShell, mng);
		setSelection(selection);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns selection in the "Properties" action context.
	 */
	public ISelection getSelection() {
		return selection;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the selection that will be used to determine target object.
	 */
	public void setSelection(ISelection newSelection) {
		selection = newSelection;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the name of the selected item preference
	 */
	protected String getSelectedNodePreference() {
		return lastPropertyId;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the name of the selected item preference
	 */
	protected void setSelectedNodePreference(String pageId) {
		lastPropertyId = pageId;
	}
}