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* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui;
/**
* This interface defines an editor input for in-place editors.
* <p>
* Clients implementing this editor input interface should override
* <code>Object.equals(Object)</code> to answer true for two inputs
* that are the same. The <code>IWorkbenchPage.openEditor</code> APIs
* are dependent on this to find an editor with the same input.
* </p><p>
* Path-oriented editors should support this as a valid input type, and
* can allow full read-write editing of its content.
* </p><p>
* All editor inputs must implement the <code>IAdaptable</code> interface;
* extensions are managed by the platform's adapter manager.
* </p>
*
* @see org.eclipse.ui.IInPlaceEditor
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface IInPlaceEditorInput extends IPathEditorInput {
/**
* Sets the in-place editor this input is associated with.
*
* @param editor the in-place editor associated with this input
* or <code>null</code> to disassociate.
*/
public void setInPlaceEditor(IInPlaceEditor editor);
}