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| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 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.services; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.ui.ISourceProvider; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * A service that responds to changes in one or more sources. These sources can |
| * be plugged into the service. Sources represent a common event framework for |
| * services. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * Clients must not extend or implement. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| public interface IServiceWithSources extends IDisposable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Adds a source provider to this service. A source provider will notify the |
| * service when the source it provides changes. An example of a source might |
| * be an active editor or the current selection. This amounts to a pluggable |
| * state tracker for the service. |
| * |
| * @param provider |
| * The provider to add; must not be <code>null</code>. |
| */ |
| public void addSourceProvider(ISourceProvider provider); |
| |
| /** |
| * Removes a source provider from this service. Most of the time, this |
| * method call is not required as source providers typically share the same |
| * life span as the workbench itself. |
| * |
| * @param provider |
| * The provider to remove; must not be <code>null</code>. |
| */ |
| public void removeSourceProvider(ISourceProvider provider); |
| } |
