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11 package org.eclipse.jface.text;
12
13
14 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
15
16
17 /**
18  * Interface of a factory for information controls (
19  * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl}).
20  *
21  * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
22  * <code>IInformationControlCreator</code>, extension interfaces are used as
23  * a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
24  * <ul>
25  * <li>{@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension} since
26  * version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can
27  * be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.
28  * </li>
29  * </ul>
30  *
31  * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreatorExtension
32  * @since 2.0
33  */
34 public interface IInformationControlCreator {
35
36     /**
37      * Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.
38      *
39      * @param parent the parent shell
40      * @return the created information control
41      */
42     IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent);
43 }
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