1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.jface.action; 12 13 /** 14 * A group marker is a special kind of contribution item denoting 15 * the beginning of a group. These groups are used to structure 16 * the list of items. Unlike regular contribution items and 17 * separators, group markers have no visual representation. 18 * The name of the group is synonymous with the contribution item id. 19 * <p> 20 * This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be 21 * subclassed outside the framework. 22 * </p> 23 */ 24 public class GroupMarker extends AbstractGroupMarker { 25 /** 26 * Create a new group marker with the given name. 27 * The group name must not be <code>null</code> or the empty string. 28 * The group name is also used as the item id. 29 * 30 * @param groupName the name of the group 31 */ 32 public GroupMarker(String groupName) { 33 super(groupName); 34 } 35 36 /** 37 * The <code>GroupMarker</code> implementation of this method 38 * returns <code>false</code> since group markers are always invisible. 39 */ 40 public boolean isVisible() { 41 return false; 42 } 43 } 44