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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 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; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines a reference to an IViewPart. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 1.0 |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IViewReference extends IWorkbenchPartReference { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the secondary ID for the view. |
| * |
| * @return the secondary ID, or <code>null</code> if there is no secondary id |
| * @see IWorkbenchPage#showView(String, String, int) |
| */ |
| public String getSecondaryId(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the <code>IViewPart</code> referenced by this object. |
| * Returns <code>null</code> if the view was not instantiated or |
| * it failed to be restored. Tries to restore the view |
| * if <code>restore</code> is true. |
| */ |
| public IViewPart getView(boolean restore); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the view is a fast view otherwise returns false. |
| * @since 1.1 |
| */ |
| public boolean isFastView(); |
| } |
