ISynchronizeParticipantDescriptor (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

```
public interface ISynchronizeParticipantDescriptor
```
A participant descriptor contains the content of the synchronizeParticipants extension section for for a registered participant type in the declaring plug-in's manifest (plugin.xml) file.
Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

ISynchronizeManager.getParticipantDescriptor(String)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`	Returns a string describing this participant type.
`String`	`getId()`	Returns the unique id that identifies this participant type.
`ImageDescriptor`	`getImageDescriptor()`	Returns the image descriptor for this participant type.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of this participant.
`boolean`	`isPersistent()`	Returns if this participant can be persisted between sessions.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the name of this participant. This can be shown to the user.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of this participant. This can be shown to the user.
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Returns a string describing this participant type.
    
    Returns:
    
    a string describing this participant type.
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Returns the unique id that identifies this participant type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the unique id that identifies this participant type.
  - getImageDescriptor
```
ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor()
```
    Returns the image descriptor for this participant type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the image descriptor for this participant type.
  - isPersistent
```
boolean isPersistent()
```
    Returns if this participant can be persisted between sessions.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this participant can be persisted between sessions and false otherwise.