ITypeMapper


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11  package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed;
12  
13  /**
14   * Allows property sheet page contributors to map the input object type to a
15   * domain model type. The domain model type is then used for matching against
16   * the input attribute of the propertySection extension.
17   * <p>
18   * The type mapper is most frequently used to return the type of the model
19   * object when selecting a view object in a workbench part. For example, nodes
20   * in a tree may all be TreeObjects in a structured selection. The type mapper
21   * will take the tree node and return the type of the model object the node
22   * represents.
23   * </p>
24   * <p>
25   * This interface should not be extended or implemented. New type mapper instances
26   * should be created using <code>AbstractTypeMapper</code>.
27   * </p>
28   * 
29   * @author Anthony Hunter
30   */
31  public interface ITypeMapper {
32  
33      /**
34       * Map the input object to a domain model type.
35       * 
36       * @param object
37       *            the input object.
38       * @return the type of the input object, mapped to the domain type if
39       *         required.
40       */
41      public Class   mapType(Object   object);
42  }
43

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