| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 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.model; |
| |
| /** |
| * Instances of this service are capable of providing standard mechanisms that |
| * clients may use to order, display, and generally work with contributions to |
| * the Workbench. |
| * |
| * @since 3.4 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IContributionService { |
| |
| /** |
| * contributionType value for the PropertyDialog |
| */ |
| public static final String TYPE_PROPERTY = "property"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * contributionType value for Preferences |
| */ |
| public static final String TYPE_PREFERENCE = "preference"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a comparator for ordering contributions within the user interface. |
| * |
| * @param contributionType |
| * the type of contribution, must not be <code>null</code>. |
| * @return the comparator |
| * @see #TYPE_PREFERENCE |
| * @see #TYPE_PROPERTY |
| */ |
| public ContributionComparator getComparatorFor(String contributionType); |
| } |
