RefactoringHistory (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject
- - org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.history.RefactoringHistory

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAdaptable
```
public abstract class RefactoringHistory
extends PlatformObject
```
Object which represents a sequence of executed refactorings with optional time information.
Refactoring histories are exposed by the refactoring history service as result of queries and contain only lightweight proxy objects. The refactoring history service may hand out any number of refactoring histories and associated refactoring descriptor proxies for any given query.

Note: this class may be extended to provide different implementations

Since:

3.2

See Also:

IRefactoringHistoryService, RefactoringDescriptorProxy

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RefactoringHistory()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract RefactoringDescriptorProxy[]`	`getDescriptors()`	Returns the refactoring descriptors of this history, in descending order of their time stamps.
`abstract boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Is the refactoring history empty?
`abstract RefactoringHistory`	`removeAll(RefactoringHistory history)`	Returns this refactoring history with all entries from the other history removed.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject
getAdapter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RefactoringHistory
```
public RefactoringHistory()
```
- Method Detail
  - getDescriptors
```
public abstract RefactoringDescriptorProxy[] getDescriptors()
```
    Returns the refactoring descriptors of this history, in descending order of their time stamps.
    
    Returns:
    
    the refactoring descriptors, or an empty array
  - isEmpty
```
public abstract boolean isEmpty()
```
    Is the refactoring history empty?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the history is empty, false otherwise
  - removeAll
```
public abstract RefactoringHistory removeAll(RefactoringHistory history)
```
    Returns this refactoring history with all entries from the other history removed.
    The current refactoring history remains unchanged.
    
    Parameters:
    
    history - the refactoring history
    
    Returns:
    
    the resulting refactoring history