org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package org.eclipse.compare;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
/**
* A factory object for Viewer.
*
* This interface is only required when creating a Viewer from a plugin.xml file.
* Since Viewers have no default constructor they cannot be
* instantiated directly with Class.forName.
*/
public interface IViewerCreator {
/**
* Creates a new viewer under the given SWT parent control.
*
* @param parent the SWT parent control under which to create the viewer's SWT control
* @param config a compare configuration the newly created viewer might want to use
* @return a new viewer
*/
Viewer createViewer(Composite parent, CompareConfiguration config);
}