Package org.eclipse.jface.text

Interface IInformationControlCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator
public interface IInformationControlCreator
Interface of a factory for information controls ( IInformationControl). In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of IInformationControlCreator, extension interfaces are used as a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
  • IInformationControlCreatorExtension since version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.
Since:
2.0
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • createInformationControl

      IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent)
      Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent shell
      Returns:
      the created information control