Package org.eclipse.ui.preferences

Interface IWorkingCopyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

WorkingCopyManager

public interface IWorkingCopyManager

IWorkingCopyManager is the interface for the working copy support for references to shared preference nodes.

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	applyChanges()	Apply the changes for all working copies, to their original preference nodes.
IEclipsePreferences	getWorkingCopy(IEclipsePreferences original)	Return a working copy instance based on the given preference node.

Method Details

getWorkingCopy

IEclipsePreferences getWorkingCopy(IEclipsePreferences original)

Return a working copy instance based on the given preference node. If a working copy already exists then return it, otherwise create one and keep track of it for other clients who are looking for it.

Parameters:

original - the original node

Returns:

the working copy node

applyChanges

void applyChanges()
           throws BackingStoreException

Apply the changes for all working copies, to their original preference nodes. Alternatively, if a client wishes to apply the changes for a single working copy they can call #flush on that working copy node.

Throws:

BackingStoreException - if there were problems accessing the backing store