IMenuCreator (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContextualLaunchAction, LaunchAsAction, LaunchShortcutsAction, RulerBreakpointTypesActionDelegate
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public interface IMenuCreator
```
Interface for something that creates and disposes of SWT menus. Note that it is the responsibility of the implementor to dispose of SWT menus it creates.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dispose()`	Disposes the menu returned by `getMenu`.
`Menu`	`getMenu(Control parent)`	Returns the SWT menu, created as a pop up menu parented by the given control.
`Menu`	`getMenu(Menu parent)`	Returns an SWT menu created as a drop down menu parented by the given menu.

- Method Detail
  - dispose
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void dispose()
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    Disposes the menu returned by getMenu. Does nothing if there is no menu. This method will be executed only when the parent of the menu is disposed.
  - getMenu
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Menu getMenu(Control parent)
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    Returns the SWT menu, created as a pop up menu parented by the given control. In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs. If the menu must be dynamically created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent control
    
    Returns:
    
    the menu, or null if the menu could not be created
  - getMenu
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Menu getMenu(Menu parent)
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    Returns an SWT menu created as a drop down menu parented by the given menu. In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs. If the menu must be dynamically created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent menu
    
    Returns:
    
    the menu, or null if the menu could not be created