1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 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.ui.internal.part.multiplexer; 12 13 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.components.framework.IServiceProvider; 14 15 /** 16 * Service made available to nested components. Provides the nested 17 * components with access to shared services. 18 * 19 * <p>EXPERIMENTAL: The components framework is currently under active development. All 20 * aspects of this class including its existence, name, and public interface are likely 21 * to change during the development of Eclipse 3.1</p> 22 * 23 * @since 3.1 24 */ 25 public interface ISharedContext { 26 /** 27 * Returns the shared components. This is a constant, and may 28 * be cached. 29 * 30 * @return the components shared between all nested components 31 */ 32 IServiceProvider getSharedComponents(); 33 } 34