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.viewers; 12 13 /** 14 * An interface to content providers for structured viewers. 15 * 16 * @see StructuredViewer 17 */ 18 public interface IStructuredContentProvider extends IContentProvider { 19 /** 20 * Returns the elements to display in the viewer 21 * when its input is set to the given element. 22 * These elements can be presented as rows in a table, items in a list, etc. 23 * The result is not modified by the viewer. 24 * 25 * @param inputElement the input element 26 * @return the array of elements to display in the viewer 27 */ 28 public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement); 29 } 30