Package org.eclipse.compare.patch

Class ReaderCreator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.compare.patch.ReaderCreator

public abstract class ReaderCreator
extends Object

Abstract class for creating readers.

Since:

org.eclipse.compare.core 3.5

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReaderCreator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canCreateReader()	Returns whether the reader can be created.
abstract Reader	createReader()	Creates new reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ReaderCreator

public ReaderCreator()

Method Details

createReader

public abstract Reader createReader()
                             throws CoreException

Creates new reader. The caller is responsible for closing the reader when finished.

Returns:

a reader

Throws:

CoreException - if the reader can't be created

canCreateReader

public boolean canCreateReader()

Returns whether the reader can be created.

Returns:

true if the reader can be created, false otherwise