Package org.eclipse.ui.browser

Class AbstractWebBrowser

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.browser.AbstractWebBrowser

All Implemented Interfaces:

IWebBrowser

public abstract class AbstractWebBrowser
extends Object
implements IWebBrowser

Clients that supply implementation of the workbench browser support should extend this class for web browser instances they manage. Clients should not implement the IWebBrowser interface.

Since:

3.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractWebBrowser(String id)	The constructor that accepts the unique browser identifier.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	close()	Closes this browser instance.
String	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this browser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.browser.IWebBrowser

openURL

Constructor Detail

AbstractWebBrowser

public AbstractWebBrowser(String id)

The constructor that accepts the unique browser identifier.

Parameters:

id - the unique browser identifier

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: IWebBrowser

Returns the unique identifier of this browser. If an id has been supplied to the browser support when the instance was created, it will be used. Otherwise, a generated id will be provided to the browser that is guaranteed to be unique.

Specified by:

getId in interface IWebBrowser

Returns:

a unique identifier of this browser instance

close

public boolean close()

Description copied from interface: IWebBrowser

Closes this browser instance.

NOTE This method must be called from the current UI thread

Specified by:

close in interface IWebBrowser

Returns:

true if the browser was closed or false if the operation failed or is not supported.