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* Copyright (c) 2000, 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;
import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
/**
* Interface for an action that is contributed into an editor-activated menu or
* tool bar. It extends <code>IActionDelegate</code> and adds a method for
* connecting the delegate to the editor it should work with. Since there is
* always only one action delegate per editor type, this method supplies the
* link to the currently active editor instance.
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface IEditorActionDelegate extends IActionDelegate {
/**
* Sets the active editor for the delegate.
* Implementors should disconnect from the old editor, connect to the
* new editor, and update the action to reflect the new editor.
*
* @param action the action proxy that handles presentation portion of the action
* @param targetEditor the new editor target
*/
public void setActiveEditor(IAction action, IEditorPart targetEditor);
}