Package org.eclipse.jface.viewers

Interface ILabelProvider

All Superinterfaces:

IBaseLabelProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICommonLabelProvider, ICompareInputLabelProvider, IDebugModelPresentation, IDebugModelPresentationExtension, IInstructionPointerPresentation, IMemoryBlockTablePresentation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSynchronizationLabelProvider, AbstractSynchronizeLabelProvider, ColumnLabelProvider, ComboBoxLabelProvider, DecoratingLabelProvider, EnvironmentTab.EnvironmentVariableLabelProvider, FileEditorMappingLabelProvider, LabelProvider, ListeningLabelProvider, NamedHandleObjectLabelProvider, ObservableMapLabelProvider, PerspectiveLabelProvider, PreferenceLabelProvider, PropertyColumnLabelProvider, RefactoringHistoryLabelProvider, SynchronizationLabelProvider, TreeColumnViewerLabelProvider, URLLabelProvider, org.eclipse.jface.internal.databinding.provisional.viewers.ViewerLabelProvider, WorkbenchLabelProvider, WorkbenchPartLabelProvider

public interface ILabelProvider
extends IBaseLabelProvider

Extends IBaseLabelProvider with the methods to provide the text and/or image for the label of a given element. Used by most structured viewers, except table viewers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Image	getImage(Object element)	Returns the image for the label of the given element.
String	getText(Object element)	Returns the text for the label of the given element.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IBaseLabelProvider

addListener, dispose, isLabelProperty, removeListener

Method Detail

getImage

Image getImage(Object element)

Returns the image for the label of the given element. The image is owned by the label provider and must not be disposed directly. Instead, dispose the label provider when no longer needed.

Parameters:

element - the element for which to provide the label image

Returns:

the image used to label the element, or null if there is no image for the given object

getText

String getText(Object element)

Returns the text for the label of the given element.

Parameters:

element - the element for which to provide the label text

Returns:

the text string used to label the element, or null if there is no text label for the given object