Package org.eclipse.ui

Interface IWorkbenchPart3

All Superinterfaces:

IAdaptable, IWorkbenchPart, IWorkbenchPart2

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDebugView, AbstractDecoratedTextEditor, AbstractMultiEditor, AbstractTextEditor, CommonNavigator, CommonSourceNotFoundEditor, ContentOutline, EditorPart, org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.ExtendedMarkersView, FormEditor, FormPage, MarkerSupportView, MultiEditor, MultiPageEditor, MultiPageEditorPart, PageBookView, ProjectExplorer, PropertySheet, ResourceNavigator, SharedHeaderFormEditor, StatusTextEditor, TemplatesView, TextEditor, ViewPart, WorkbenchPart

public interface IWorkbenchPart3
extends IWorkbenchPart2

A part can provide arbitrary properties. The properties will be persisted between sessions by the part reference, and will be available from the part reference as well as the part. The properties can only be set on a part, not on the reference. The properties will be available to the IPresentablePart.

Setting a property must fire a PropertyChangeEvent.

Since:

3.3

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart

PROP_TITLE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addPartPropertyListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener)	Add a listener for changes in the arbitrary properties set.
Map<String,String>	getPartProperties()	Return an unmodifiable map of the arbitrary properties.
String	getPartProperty(String key)	Return the value for the arbitrary property key, or null.
void	removePartPropertyListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener)	Remove a change listener from the arbitrary properties set.
void	setPartProperty(String key, String value)	Set an arbitrary property on the part.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart

addPropertyListener, createPartControl, dispose, getSite, getTitle, getTitleImage, getTitleToolTip, removePropertyListener, setFocus

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart2

getContentDescription, getPartName

Method Detail

addPartPropertyListener

void addPartPropertyListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener)

Add a listener for changes in the arbitrary properties set.

Note: this is a different set of properties than the ones covered by the IWorkbenchPartConstants.PROP_* constants.

Parameters:

listener - Must not be null.

removePartPropertyListener

void removePartPropertyListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener)

Remove a change listener from the arbitrary properties set.

Note: this is a different set of properties than the ones covered by the IWorkbenchPartConstants.PROP_* constants.

Parameters:

listener - Must not be null.

getPartProperty

String getPartProperty(String key)

Return the value for the arbitrary property key, or null.

Parameters:

key - the arbitrary property. Must not be null.

Returns:

the property value, or null.

setPartProperty

void setPartProperty(String key,
                     String value)

Set an arbitrary property on the part. It is the implementor's responsibility to fire the corresponding PropertyChangeEvent.

A default implementation has been added to WorkbenchPart.

Parameters:

key - the arbitrary property. Must not be null.

value - the property value. A null value will remove that property.

getPartProperties

Map<String,String> getPartProperties()

Return an unmodifiable map of the arbitrary properties. This method can be used to save the properties during workbench save/restore.

Returns:

A Map of the properties. Must not be null.