Package org.eclipse.ui.part

Class PageBookView

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    IAdaptable, IExecutableExtension, IPartListener, IPersistable, IViewPart, IWorkbenchPart, IWorkbenchPart2, IWorkbenchPart3, IWorkbenchPartOrientation
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    AbstractDebugView, ContentOutline, PropertySheet, TemplatesView
    public abstract class PageBookView
extends ViewPart
implements IPartListener
    Abstract superclass of all multi-page workbench views.

    Within the workbench there are many views which track the active part. If a part is activated these views display some properties for the active part. A simple example is the Outline View, which displays the outline for the active editor. To avoid loss of context when part activation changes, these views may implement a multi-page approach. A separate page is maintained within the view for each source view. If a part is activated the associated page for the part is brought to top. If a part is closed the associated page is disposed. PageBookView is a base implementation for multi page views.

    PageBookViews provide an IPageSite for each of their pages. This site is supplied during the page's initialization. The page may supply a selection provider for this site. PageBookViews deal with these selection providers in a similar way to a workbench page's SelectionService. When a page is made visible, if its site has a selection provider, then changes in the selection are listened for and the current selection is obtained and fired as a selection change event. Selection changes are no longer listened for when a page is made invisible.

    This class should be subclassed by clients wishing to define new multi-page views.

    When a PageBookView is created the following methods are invoked. Subclasses must implement these.

    • createDefaultPage - called to create a default page for the view. This page is displayed when the active part in the workbench does not have a page.
    • getBootstrapPart - called to determine the active part in the workbench. A page will be created for this part

    When a part is activated the base implementation does not know if a page should be created for the part. Therefore, it delegates creation to the subclass.

    • isImportant - called when a workbench part is activated. Subclasses return whether a page should be created for the new part.
    • doCreatePage - called to create a page for a particular part in the workbench. This is only invoked when isImportant returns true.

    When a part is closed the base implementation will destroy the page associated with the particular part. The page was created by a subclass, so the subclass must also destroy it. Subclasses must implement these.

    • doDestroyPage - called to destroy a page for a particular part in the workbench.

    • Constructor Detail

      • PageBookView

        protected PageBookView()
        Creates a new pagebook view.

    • Method Detail

      • createDefaultPage

        protected abstract IPage createDefaultPage​(PageBook book)
        Creates and returns the default page for this view.

        Subclasses must implement this method.

        Subclasses must call initPage with the new page (if it is an IPageBookViewPage) before calling createControl on the page.

        Parameters:
        book - the pagebook control
        Returns:
        the default page

      • initPage

        protected void initPage​(IPageBookViewPage page)
        Initializes the given page with a page site.

        Subclasses should call this method after the page is created but before creating its controls.

        Subclasses may override

        Parameters:
        page - The page to initialize

      • createPartControl

        public void createPartControl​(Composite parent)
        The PageBookView implementation of this IWorkbenchPart method creates a PageBook control with its default page showing. Subclasses may extend.
        Specified by:
        createPartControl in interface IWorkbenchPart
        Specified by:
        createPartControl in class WorkbenchPart
        Parameters:
        parent - the parent control

      • dispose

        public void dispose()
        The PageBookView implementation of this IWorkbenchPart method cleans up all the pages. Subclasses may extend.
        Specified by:
        dispose in interface IWorkbenchPart
        Overrides:
        dispose in class WorkbenchPart

      • doCreatePage

        protected abstract PageBookView.PageRec doCreatePage​(IWorkbenchPart part)
        Creates a new page in the pagebook for a particular part. This page will be made visible whenever the part is active, and will be destroyed with a call to doDestroyPage.

        Subclasses must implement this method.

        Subclasses must call initPage with the new page (if it is an IPageBookViewPage) before calling createControl on the page.

        Parameters:
        part - the input part
        Returns:
        the record describing a new page for this view
        See Also:
        doDestroyPage(org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart, org.eclipse.ui.part.PageBookView.PageRec)

      • doDestroyPage

        protected abstract void doDestroyPage​(IWorkbenchPart part,
                                      PageBookView.PageRec pageRecord)
        Destroys a page in the pagebook for a particular part. This page was returned as a result from doCreatePage.

        Subclasses must implement this method.

        Parameters:
        part - the input part
        pageRecord - a page record for the part
        See Also:
        doCreatePage(org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart)

      • doesPageExist

        protected boolean doesPageExist​(IPage page)
        Returns true if the page has already been created.
        Parameters:
        page - the page to test
        Returns:
        true if this page has already been created.

      • getAdapter

        public <T> T getAdapter​(Class<T> key)
        The PageBookView implementation of this IAdaptable method delegates to the current page, if it implements IAdaptable.
        Specified by:
        getAdapter in interface IAdaptable
        Overrides:
        getAdapter in class WorkbenchPart
        Type Parameters:
        T - the class type
        Parameters:
        key - the adapter class to look up
        Returns:
        a object of the given class, or null if this object does not have an adapter for the given class

      • getViewAdapter

        protected <T> T getViewAdapter​(Class<T> adapter)
        Returns an adapter of the specified type, as provided by this view (not the current page), or null if this view does not provide an adapter of the specified adapter.

        The default implementation returns null. Subclasses may override.

        Parameters:
        adapter - the adapter class to look up
        Returns:
        a object castable to the given class, or null if this object does not have an adapter for the given class
        Since:
        3.2

      • getBootstrapPart

        protected abstract IWorkbenchPart getBootstrapPart()
        Returns the active, important workbench part for this view.

        When the page book view is created it has no idea which part within the workbook should be used to generate the first page. Therefore, it delegates the choice to subclasses of PageBookView.

        Implementors of this method should return an active, important part in the workbench or null if none found.

        Subclasses must implement this method.

        Returns:
        the active important part, or null if none

      • getCurrentContributingPart

        protected IWorkbenchPart getCurrentContributingPart()
        Returns the part which contributed the current page to this view.
        Returns:
        the part which contributed the current page or null if no part contributed the current page

      • getCurrentPage

        public IPage getCurrentPage()
        Returns the currently visible page for this view or null if no page is currently visible.
        Returns:
        the currently visible page

      • getPageSite

        protected PageSite getPageSite​(IPage page)
        Returns the view site for the given page of this view.
        Parameters:
        page - the page
        Returns:
        the corresponding site, or null if not found

      • getDefaultPage

        public IPage getDefaultPage()
        Returns the default page for this view.
        Returns:
        the default page

      • getPageBook

        protected PageBook getPageBook()
        Returns the pagebook control for this view.
        Returns:
        the pagebook control, or null if not initialized

      • getPageRec

        protected PageBookView.PageRec getPageRec​(IWorkbenchPart part)
        Returns the page record for the given part.
        Parameters:
        part - the part
        Returns:
        the corresponding page record, or null if not found

      • getPageRec

        protected PageBookView.PageRec getPageRec​(IPage page)
        Returns the page record for the given page of this view.
        Parameters:
        page - the page
        Returns:
        the corresponding page record, or null if not found

      • isImportant

        protected abstract boolean isImportant​(IWorkbenchPart part)
        Returns whether the given part should be added to this view.

        Subclasses must implement this method.

        Parameters:
        part - the input part
        Returns:
        true if the part is relevant, and false otherwise

      • init

        public void init​(IViewSite site)
          throws PartInitException
        Description copied from interface: IViewPart
        Initializes this view with the given view site.

        This method is automatically called by the workbench shortly after the part is instantiated. It marks the start of the views's lifecycle. Clients must not call this method.

        Specified by:
        init in interface IViewPart
        Overrides:
        init in class ViewPart
        Parameters:
        site - the view site
        Throws:
        PartInitException - if this view was not initialized successfully

      • setFocus

        public void setFocus()
        Description copied from interface: IWorkbenchPart
        Asks this part to take focus within the workbench. Parts must assign focus to one of the controls contained in the part's parent composite.

        Clients should not call this method (the workbench calls this method at appropriate times). To have the workbench activate a part, use IWorkbenchPage.activate(IWorkbenchPart) instead.

        Specified by:
        setFocus in interface IWorkbenchPart
        Specified by:
        setFocus in class WorkbenchPart

      • showPageRec

        protected void showPageRec​(PageBookView.PageRec pageRec)
        Shows page contained in the given page record in this view. The page record must be one from this pagebook view.

        The PageBookView implementation of this method asks the pagebook control to show the given page's control, and records that the given page is now current. Subclasses may extend.

        Parameters:
        pageRec - the page record containing the page to show

      • getSelectionProvider

        protected PageBookView.SelectionProvider getSelectionProvider()
        Returns the selectionProvider for this page book view.
        Returns:
        a SelectionProvider

      • partHidden

        protected void partHidden​(IWorkbenchPart part)
        Make sure that the part is not considered if it is hidden.
        Parameters:
        part - the part which got hidden
        Since:
        3.5

      • partVisible

        protected void partVisible​(IWorkbenchPart part)
        Make sure that the part is not considered if it is hidden.
        Parameters:
        part - the part which got visible
        Since:
        3.5