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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.jface.viewers
Interface ILabelDecorator

All Superinterfaces:
IBaseLabelProvider
All Known Subinterfaces:
IDecoratorManager, IDelayedLabelDecorator
All Known Implementing Classes:
LabelDecorator

public interface ILabelDecorator
extends IBaseLabelProvider

A label decorator decorates the label text and image for some element. The original label text and image are obtained by some other means, for example by a label provider.

See Also:
ILabelProvider

Method Summary
  Image decorateImage ( Image image, Object element)
          Returns an image that is based on the given image, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element.
  String decorateText ( String text, Object element)
          Returns a text label that is based on the given text label, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers. IBaseLabelProvider
addListener, dispose, isLabelProperty, removeListener
 

Method Detail

decorateImage


Image decorateImage(
Image image,
                    
Object element)
Returns an image that is based on the given image, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element. Text and image decoration updates can occur as a result of other updates within the workbench including deferred decoration by background processes. Clients should handle labelProviderChangedEvents for the given element to get the complete decoration.

Parameters:
image - the input image to decorate, or null if the element has no image
element - the element whose image is being decorated
Returns:
the decorated image, or null if no decoration is to be applied
See Also:
LabelProviderChangedEvent, IBaseLabelProvider.addListener(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProviderListener), CompositeImageDescriptor

decorateText


String decorateText(
String text,
                    
Object element)
Returns a text label that is based on the given text label, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element. Text and image decoration updates can occur as a result of other updates within the workbench including deferred decoration by background processes. Clients should handle labelProviderChangedEvents for the given element to get the complete decoration.

Parameters:
text - the input text label to decorate
element - the element whose image is being decorated
Returns:
the decorated text label, or null if no decoration is to be applied
See Also:
LabelProviderChangedEvent, IBaseLabelProvider.addListener(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProviderListener)

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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