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.pde.core.plugin; 12 13 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; 14 /** 15 * An attribute of XML elements found in the plug-in. 16 */ 17 public interface IPluginAttribute extends IPluginObject { 18 /** 19 * This property will be used to notify that the value 20 * of the attribute has changed. 21 */ 22 String P_VALUE = "value"; //$NON-NLS-1$ 23 /** 24 * Returns the value of this attribute. 25 * 26 * @return the string value of the attribute 27 */ 28 String getValue(); 29 /** 30 * Sets the value of this attribute. 31 * This method will throw a CoreExeption 32 * if the model is not editable. 33 * 34 * @param value the new attribute value 35 */ 36 void setValue(String value) throws CoreException; 37 } 38