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.window; 12 13 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; 14 15 /** 16 * Interface for objects that can return a shell. This is normally used for 17 * opening child windows. An object that wants to open child shells can take 18 * an IShellProvider in its constructor, and the object that implements IShellProvider 19 * can dynamically choose where child shells should be opened. 20 * 21 * @since 3.1 22 */ 23 public interface IShellProvider { 24 /** 25 * Returns the current shell (or null if none). This return value may 26 * change over time, and should not be cached. 27 * 28 * @return the current shell or null if none 29 */ 30 Shell getShell(); 31 } 32