org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences
Interface IScope
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public interface IScope
Clients contributing a scope to the Eclipse preference system must
implement this interface to aid Eclipse in creating a new node for the
hierarchy.
Clients may implement this interface.
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Since:
- 3.0
create
IEclipsePreferences create(
IEclipsePreferences parent,
String name)
- Create and return a new preference node with the given parent and name.
Must not return
null
. Clients are able to create a new node
in memory or load the node's contents from the backing store. Neither the
parent or name arguments should be null
.
Implementors should note that the node might not have been added to the
child list of the parent yet, and therefore might not be able to be referenced
through navigation from the root node.
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Parameters:
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parent
- the node's parent -
name
- the name of the node
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Returns:
- the new node
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