1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 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.text; 12 13 /** 14 * Extension interface for {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreator}<p> 15 * Introduces tests whether information controls can be reused and whether information 16 * control creators can replace each other. 17 * 18 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreator 19 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl 20 * @since 3.0 21 */ 22 public interface IInformationControlCreatorExtension { 23 24 /** 25 * Tests if an existing information control can be reused. 26 * 27 * @param control the information control to test 28 * @return <code>true</code> if the control can be reused 29 */ 30 boolean canReuse(IInformationControl control); 31 32 /** 33 * Tests whether this information control creator can replace the given 34 * information control creator. This is the case if the two creators create 35 * the same kind of information controls. 36 * 37 * @param creator the creator to be checked 38 * @return <code>true</code> if the given creator can be replaced, 39 * <code>false</code> otherwise 40 */ 41 boolean canReplace(IInformationControlCreator creator); 42 } 43