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.ui.templates; 12 13 /** 14 * The classes that implement this interface are responsible for providing value 15 * of variables when asked. Variables are defined by templates and represent the 16 * current value of the template options set by the users. 17 * 18 * @since 2.0 19 */ 20 public interface IVariableProvider { 21 /** 22 * Returns the value of the variable with a given name. 23 * 24 * @param variable 25 * the name of the variable 26 * @return the value of the specified variable 27 */ 28 public Object getValue(String variable); 29 30 } 31