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| * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 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.ui.internal; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * A service that is capable of converting a selection into resources. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is only intended for use within the |
| * <code>org.eclipse.ui.workbench</code> and <code>org.eclipse.ui.ide</code> |
| * plug-ins. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| public interface ISelectionConversionService { |
| |
| /** |
| * Attempt to convert the elements in the passed selection into resources by |
| * asking each for its IResource property (iff it isn't already a resource). |
| * If all elements in the initial selection can be converted to resources |
| * then answer a new selection containing these resources; otherwise answer |
| * an empty selection. |
| * |
| * @param originalSelection |
| * the original selection; must not be <code>null</code>. |
| * @return the converted selection or an empty selection; never |
| * <code>null</code>. |
| */ |
| public IStructuredSelection convertToResources( |
| IStructuredSelection originalSelection); |
| |
| } |
| |
