Package org.eclipse.team.ui.synchronize

Interface ISynchronizeParticipantReference

public interface ISynchronizeParticipantReference
A reference is a light weight handle used by the ISynchronizeManager to manage registered participants. It is used to reference information about a particular participant instance without requiring the participant to be instantiated. Calling the getParticipant() method will cause the participant to be instantiated.

Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

Since:
3.0
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • getId

      String getId()
      Returns the id of the participant type referenced by this handle.
      Returns:
      the id of the participant type references by this handle.

    • getSecondaryId

      String getSecondaryId()
      Returns the secondary id (e.g. instance id) of the participant type referenced by this handle or null if the participant doesn't support multiple instances.
      Returns:
      the secondary id of the participant type referenced by this handle or null if the participant doesn't support multiple instances.

    • getDisplayName

      String getDisplayName()
      Returns the fully qualified name of this participant reference. This includes the secondaryId if available. This can be displayed in the user interface to allow the user to distinguish between multiple instances of a participant.
      Returns:
      the fully qualified name of this participant reference

    • getParticipant

      ISynchronizeParticipant getParticipant() throws TeamException
      Returns the participant referenced by this handle. This may trigger loading of the participant and and a result may be long running. The method may return null if the participant cannot be de-referenced.
      Returns:
      the participant referenced by this handle.
      Throws:
      TeamException - if an error occurs

    • getDescriptor

      ISynchronizeParticipantDescriptor getDescriptor()
      Returns the descriptor for this participant type.
      Returns:
      the descriptor for this participant type.