public interface IDescriptionProvider
Clients may implement this interface, but are not required to do so.
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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String |
getDescription(Object anElement)
Provide a description for the status bar view, if available.
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String getDescription(Object anElement)
Provide a description for the status bar view, if available. A default string of the form "(x) items selected" will be used if this method choosed to return null.
The empty string ("") will be respected as a valid value if returned. Return null if the extension defers to the default method of supplying status bar descriptions.
anElement
- The element selected in the NavigatorGuidelines for using Eclipse APIs. Copyright (c) IBM Corp. and others 2000, 2006. All rights reserved.