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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.core.runtime
Class PlatformObject


java.lang.Object
  extended by 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject
All Implemented Interfaces:
IAdaptable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AbstractMemoryRendering, AbstractSourceContainer, AbstractSynchronizeParticipant, Breakpoint, BreakpointTypeCategory, CachedResourceVariant, CommonSourceNotFoundEditorInput, DebugElement, FileEditorInput, FileStore, FileSystem, org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.InternalJob, Launch, LocalFileStorage, ModelObject, ModelProvider, Refactoring, RefactoringDescriptorProxy, RefactoringHistory, RefactoringParticipant, RefactoringProcessor, RepositoryProviderType, ResourceMapping, RuntimeProcess, SynchronizationContext, SynchronizationScopeManager, ZipEntryStorage

public abstract class PlatformObject
extends Object
implements IAdaptable

An abstract superclass implementing the IAdaptable interface. getAdapter invocations are directed to the platform's adapter manager.

Note: In situations where it would be awkward to subclass this class, the same affect can be achieved simply by implementing the IAdaptable interface and explicitly forwarding the getAdapter request to an implementation of the IAdapterManager service. The method would look like:

     public Object getAdapter(Class adapter) {
         IAdapterManager manager = ...;//lookup the IAdapterManager service         
         return manager.getAdapter(this, adapter);
     }
 

This class can be used without OSGi running.

Clients may subclass.

See Also:
IAdapterManager, IAdaptable

Constructor Summary
PlatformObject ()
          Constructs a new platform object.
 
Method Summary
  Object getAdapter ( Class adapter)
          Returns an object which is an instance of the given class associated with this object.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PlatformObject

public PlatformObject()
Constructs a new platform object.

Method Detail

getAdapter

public 
Object getAdapter(
Class adapter)
Returns an object which is an instance of the given class associated with this object. Returns null if no such object can be found.

This implementation of the method declared by IAdaptable passes the request along to the platform's adapter manager; roughly Platform.getAdapterManager().getAdapter(this, adapter). Subclasses may override this method (however, if they do so, they should invoke the method on their superclass to ensure that the Platform's adapter manager is consulted).

Specified by:
getAdapter in interface IAdaptable
Parameters:
adapter - the class to adapt to
Returns:
the adapted object or null
See Also:
IAdaptable.getAdapter(Class)

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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