Package org.eclipse.jface.action

Class AbstractGroupMarker

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem

org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractGroupMarker

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContributionItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

GroupMarker, Separator

public abstract class AbstractGroupMarker
extends ContributionItem

Abstract superclass for group marker classes.

This class is not intended to be subclassed outside the framework.

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractGroupMarker()	Constructor for use by subclasses.
protected	AbstractGroupMarker(String groupName)	Create a new group marker with the given name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getGroupName()	Returns the group name.
boolean	isEnabled()	Always return false as group markers (including separators) are only there for visual separation, not meant to be actionable.
boolean	isGroupMarker()	The AbstractGroupMarker implementation of this IContributionItem method returns true iff the id is not null.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem

dispose, fill, fill, fill, fill, getId, getParent, isDirty, isDynamic, isSeparator, isVisible, saveWidgetState, setId, setParent, setVisible, toString, update, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractGroupMarker

protected AbstractGroupMarker()

Constructor for use by subclasses.

AbstractGroupMarker

protected AbstractGroupMarker(String groupName)

Create a new group marker with the given name. The group name must not be null or the empty string. The group name is also used as the item id.

Parameters:

groupName - the name of the group

Method Details

getGroupName

public String getGroupName()

Returns the group name.

Returns:

the group name

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Always return false as group markers (including separators) are only there for visual separation, not meant to be actionable.

Specified by:

isEnabled in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

isEnabled in class ContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is enabled

isGroupMarker

public boolean isGroupMarker()

The AbstractGroupMarker implementation of this IContributionItem method returns true iff the id is not null. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

isGroupMarker in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

isGroupMarker in class ContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is a group marker, and false for normal items

See Also:

• GroupMarker
• IContributionManager.appendToGroup(String, IContributionItem)
• IContributionManager.prependToGroup(String, IContributionItem)