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package org.eclipse.ui;
import org.eclipse.ui.part.EditorPart;
/**
* Represents a source of Saveable objects (units of saveability). Workbench
* parts that show more than one unit of saveability, or whose units of
* saveability change over time, should implement this interface in order to
* provide better integration with workbench facilities like the Save command,
* prompts to save on part close or shutdown, etc.
*
* IMPORTANT: As of 3.2, implementers of ISaveablesSource must
* satisfy the following conditions:
*
* - If ISaveablesSource is implemented by an IWorkbenchPart:
*
* - the part must implement
ISaveablePart
* - if any of its Saveable objects are dirty, the part must return
*
true from {@link ISaveablePart#isDirty()}
* - the part must return
true from
* {@link ISaveablePart#isSaveOnCloseNeeded()} if it is dirty (the default
* behaviour implemented by {@link EditorPart})
* - the part must not implement {@link ISaveablePart2}
*
*
* - If ISaveablesSource is implemented by a non-part (possible as of 3.2.1 and 3.3):
*
* - the Workbench's {@link ISaveablesLifecycleListener} (obtained from the
* Workbench by calling
*
workbench.getService(ISaveablesLifecycleListener.class)) must
* be notified of any change to the result of {@link #getSaveables()}
* - getActiveSaveables() should be implemented to return an empty array
*
*
*
* If any of these conditions are not met, it is undefined whether the Workbench
* will prompt to save dirty Saveables when closing parts or the Workbench.
*
*
* These conditions may be relaxed in future releases.
*
*
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface ISaveablesSource {
/**
* Returns the saveables presented by the workbench part. If the return
* value of this method changes during the lifetime of
* this part (i.e. after initialization and control creation but before disposal)
* the part must notify an implicit listener using
* {@link ISaveablesLifecycleListener#handleLifecycleEvent(SaveablesLifecycleEvent)}.
*
* Additions of saveables to the list of saveables of this part are
* announced using an event of type
* {@link SaveablesLifecycleEvent#POST_OPEN}. Removals are announced in a
* two-stage process, first using an event of type
* {@link SaveablesLifecycleEvent#PRE_CLOSE} followed by an event of type
* {@link SaveablesLifecycleEvent#POST_CLOSE}. Since firing the
* PRE_CLOSE event may trigger prompts to save dirty
* saveables, the cancellation status of the event must be checked by the
* part after the notification. When removing only non-dirty saveables,
* POST_CLOSE notification is sufficient.
*
*
* The listener is obtained from the part site by calling
* partSite.getService(ISaveablesLifecycleListener.class).
*
*
* The part must not notify from its initialization methods (e.g. init
* or createPartControl), or from its dispose method. Parts that
* implement {@link IReusableEditor} must notify when their input is changed
* through {@link IReusableEditor#setInput(IEditorInput)}.
*
*
* @return the saveables presented by the workbench part
*
* @see ISaveablesLifecycleListener
*/
Saveable[] getSaveables();
/**
* Returns the saveables currently active in the workbench part.
*
* Certain workbench actions, such as Save, target only the active saveables
* in the active part. For example, the active saveables could be determined
* based on the current selection in the part.
*
*
* @return the saveables currently active in the workbench part
*/
Saveable[] getActiveSaveables();
}