| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 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.intro; |
| |
| /** |
| * An intro content detector is used when starting the Workbench to determine if |
| * new intro content is available. Since calling this method is part of the |
| * Workbench start sequence, subclasses should be implemented with care as not |
| * to introduce noticeable delay at startup. If an intro content detector |
| * reports new available content, the view part showing the content will be |
| * opened again even if the user had closed it in a previous session. Because of |
| * this, the intro view part should draw the user's attention to the new content |
| * to avoid confusion about why the intro view part was opened again without the |
| * user requesting it. |
| * |
| * @since 3.3 |
| * |
| */ |
| public abstract class IntroContentDetector { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns <code>true</code> if new intro content is available. |
| * |
| * @return <code>true</code> if new intro content is available |
| */ |
| public abstract boolean isNewContentAvailable(); |
| |
| } |
