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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.core.commands
Class Category


java.lang.Object
  extended by 

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
      extended by 

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.HandleObject
          extended by 

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.NamedHandleObject
              extended by 
org.eclipse.core.commands.Category
All Implemented Interfaces:
IIdentifiable

public final class Category
extends NamedHandleObject

A logical group for a set of commands. A command belongs to exactly one category. The category has no functional effect, but may be used in graphical tools that want to group the set of commands somehow.

Since:
3.1

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common. NamedHandleObject
description, name
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common. HandleObject
defined, id, string
 
Method Summary
 void addCategoryListener ( ICategoryListener categoryListener)
          Adds a listener to this category that will be notified when this category's state changes.
 void define ( String name, String description)
           Defines this category by giving it a name, and possibly a description as well.
 void removeCategoryListener ( ICategoryListener categoryListener)
          Removes a listener from this category.
  String toString ()
          The string representation of this object -- for debugging purposes only.
 void undefine ()
          Makes this object becomes undefined.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common. NamedHandleObject
getDescription, getName
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common. HandleObject
equals, getId, hashCode, isDefined
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common. EventManager
addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

addCategoryListener

public final void addCategoryListener(
ICategoryListener categoryListener)
Adds a listener to this category that will be notified when this category's state changes.

Parameters:
categoryListener - The listener to be added; must not be null.

define

public final void define(
String name,
                         
String description)

Defines this category by giving it a name, and possibly a description as well. The defined property automatically becomes true.

Notification is sent to all listeners that something has changed.

Parameters:
name - The name of this command; must not be null.
description - The description for this command; may be null.

removeCategoryListener

public final void removeCategoryListener(
ICategoryListener categoryListener)
Removes a listener from this category.

Parameters:
categoryListener - The listener to be removed; must not be null.

toString

public 
String toString()
Description copied from class: HandleObject
The string representation of this object -- for debugging purposes only. This string should not be shown to an end user.

Specified by:
toString in class HandleObject
Returns:
The string representation; never null.

undefine

public void undefine()
Description copied from class: HandleObject
Makes this object becomes undefined. This method should make any defined properties null. It should also send notification to any listeners that these properties have changed.

Specified by:
undefine in class HandleObject

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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