Package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed

Class TabContents

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabContents

public final class TabContents
extends Object

A property tab is composed by one or more property sections and is used to categorize sections.

Since:

3.4

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TabContents()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	aboutToBeHidden()	Sends the lifecycle event to the page's sections.
void	aboutToBeShown()	Sends the lifecycle event to the page's sections.
boolean	controlsHaveBeenCreated()	Determine if the controls have been created.
void	createControls(Composite parent, TabbedPropertySheetPage page)	Creates page's sections controls.
void	dispose()	Dispose of page's sections controls.
ISection	getSectionAtIndex(int i)	Retrieve the section at a numbered index.
int	getSectionIndex(ISection section)	Retrieve a numbered index for the section.
ISection[]	getSections()	Retrieve the sections on the tab.
void	refresh()	If controls have been created, refresh all sections on the page.
void	setInput(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection selection)	Sets page's sections input objects.
void	setSections(ISection[] sections)	Set the sections for the tab.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TabContents

public TabContents()

Method Detail

getSectionIndex

public int getSectionIndex(ISection section)

Retrieve a numbered index for the section.

Parameters:

section - the section.

Returns:

the section index.

getSectionAtIndex

public ISection getSectionAtIndex(int i)

Retrieve the section at a numbered index.

Parameters:

i - a numbered index.

Returns:

the section.

getSections

public ISection[] getSections()

Retrieve the sections on the tab.

Returns:

the sections on the tab.

createControls

public void createControls(Composite parent,
                           TabbedPropertySheetPage page)

Creates page's sections controls.

Parameters:

parent - the parent composite

page - the page

dispose

public void dispose()

Dispose of page's sections controls.

aboutToBeShown

public void aboutToBeShown()

Sends the lifecycle event to the page's sections.

aboutToBeHidden

public void aboutToBeHidden()

Sends the lifecycle event to the page's sections.

setInput

public void setInput(IWorkbenchPart part,
                     ISelection selection)

Sets page's sections input objects.

Parameters:

part - The active workbench part.

selection - The active selection in the workbench part.

setSections

public void setSections(ISection[] sections)

Set the sections for the tab.

Parameters:

sections - the sections for the tab.

controlsHaveBeenCreated

public boolean controlsHaveBeenCreated()

Determine if the controls have been created.

Returns:

true if controls have been created.

refresh

public void refresh()

If controls have been created, refresh all sections on the page.