bundles/org.eclipse.rap.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/part/PageSwitcher.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.part;

import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchCommandConstants;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.handlers.IHandlerService;
import org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.CyclePageHandler;

/**
 * Provides the implementation for switching pages in a view. A view may track
 * pages however it wishes. The view should subclass PageSwitcher to provide the
 * abstract methods, and then instantiate their page switcher once.
 * 
 * @since 1.1
 * 
 */
public abstract class PageSwitcher {

	private static final String COMMAND_PREVIOUS_PAGE = "org.eclipse.ui.part.previousPage"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	private static final String COMMAND_NEXT_PAGE = "org.eclipse.ui.part.nextPage"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Register the handlers for page switching with this view or editor.
	 * 
	 * @param part
	 *            The part to register against.
	 */
	public PageSwitcher(IWorkbenchPart part) {
		IHandlerService service = (IHandlerService) part.getSite().getService(
				IHandlerService.class);
		service.activateHandler(IWorkbenchCommandConstants.NAVIGATE_NEXT_PAGE, new CyclePageHandler(this));
		service.activateHandler(IWorkbenchCommandConstants.NAVIGATE_PREVIOUS_PAGE, new CyclePageHandler(
				this));
	}

	/**
	 * Displays the given page in the view. The page must already exist in the
	 * view.
	 * 
	 * @param page
	 *            the page to display, never <code>null</code>.
	 */
	public abstract void activatePage(Object page);

	/**
	 * Returns an {@link ImageDescriptor} for the page.
	 * 
	 * @param page
	 *            the page to retrieve an {@link ImageDescriptor}
	 * @return An {@link ImageDescriptor} for the page, may be <code>null</code>.
	 */
	public abstract ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(Object page);

	/**
	 * Returns a readable name to identify the page.
	 * 
	 * @param page
	 *            the page to get the name
	 * @return the name of the page
	 */
	public abstract String getName(Object page);

	/**
	 * Returns the pages available in the view. These may be used for populating
	 * the pop-up dialog when switching pages. These are the objects that will
	 * be used in {@link #activatePage(Object)}.
	 * 
	 * @return an array of pages
	 */
	public abstract Object[] getPages();

	/**
	 * Returns the index of the currently active page. The default
	 * implementation returns 0. Subclasses can override.
	 * 
	 * @return the 0-based index of the currently active page from
	 *         {@link #getPages()}, or an arbitrary value if
	 *         {@link #getPages()} is an empty array.
	 */
	public int getCurrentPageIndex() {
		return 0;
	}

}