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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.team.ui.history
Interface IHistoryView


public interface IHistoryView

This interface provides a way for clients to request the History View to display the history for a given object.

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Since:
3.2
See Also:
IFileHistory, IHistoryPage

Field Summary
static  String VIEW_ID
          The id for this view.
 
Method Summary
  IHistoryPage getHistoryPage ()
          Returns the history page that is currently being displayed by the history view.
  IHistoryPage showHistoryFor ( Object object)
          Shows the history for the passed in object.
  IHistoryPage showHistoryFor ( Object object, boolean force)
          Shows the history for the given object.
 

Field Detail

VIEW_ID

static final 
String VIEW_ID
The id for this view.

Since:
3.3
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

getHistoryPage


IHistoryPage getHistoryPage()
Returns the history page that is currently being displayed by the history view. TODO: Need to explain what page this is. Is it the visible page?

Returns:
the history page

showHistoryFor


IHistoryPage showHistoryFor(
Object object)
Shows the history for the passed in object. This method is equivalent to showHistoryFor(Object, boolean) with force set to false.

Parameters:
object - the input whose history is to be displayed
Returns:
returns the history page that the passed in object is being shown in or null if no appropriate page can be found.

showHistoryFor


IHistoryPage showHistoryFor(
Object object,
                            boolean force)
Shows the history for the given object. If force is false, the history may be displayed in another instance of IHistoryView. For example, if the target view is pinned, the history will be shown in another view instance. If force is true, the history will be shown in this view instance regardless of the view state.

Parameters:
object - the input whose history is to be displayed
force - whether this view should show the input even if it is pinned
Returns:
returns the history page that the passed in object is being shown in or null if no appropriate page can be found.
Since:
3.3

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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