Package org.eclipse.ui.browser

Class AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.browser.AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport

All Implemented Interfaces:

IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

public abstract class AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport
extends Object
implements IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

Implements IWorkbenchBrowserSupport while leaving some methods to the implementors. Classes that extend this abstract class are meant to be contributed via 'org.eclipse.ui.browserSupport' extension point.

Since:

3.1

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.browser.IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

AS_EDITOR, AS_EXTERNAL, AS_VIEW, LOCATION_BAR, NAVIGATION_BAR, PERSISTENT, STATUS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport()	The default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IWebBrowser	getExternalBrowser()	Returns a shared instance of the external web browser.
boolean	isInternalWebBrowserAvailable()	Tests whether web browser as an SWT widget can be created in this workbench instance.

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.IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

createBrowser, createBrowser

Constructor Detail

AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport

public AbstractWorkbenchBrowserSupport()

The default constructor.

Method Detail

getExternalBrowser

public IWebBrowser getExternalBrowser()
                               throws PartInitException

Description copied from interface: IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

Returns a shared instance of the external web browser. Clients can use it to share one external browser. The external browser that will be used is subject to browser support implementation. A suggested implementation is to use the operating system's default browser. Implementations that offer users a choice of the web browser should honour the users choice of external browser, with the initial selection being the system default browser.

Specified by:

getExternalBrowser in interface IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

Returns:

the shared instance of the external browser

Throws:

PartInitException - if the operation failed for some reason

isInternalWebBrowserAvailable

public boolean isInternalWebBrowserAvailable()

Description copied from interface: IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

Tests whether web browser as an SWT widget can be created in this workbench instance. If this method returns false, createBrowser would ignore browser styles AS_EDITOR and AS_VIEW and always create an external browser.

Specified by:

isInternalWebBrowserAvailable in interface IWorkbenchBrowserSupport

Returns:

true if internal web browser can be created on this platform, false otherwise.