Package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties

Class PropertySheet

java.lang.Object
org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
org.eclipse.ui.part.WorkbenchPart
org.eclipse.ui.part.ViewPart
org.eclipse.ui.part.PageBookView
org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertySheet
All Implemented Interfaces:
EventListener, IAdaptable, IExecutableExtension, IRegistryEventListener, IPartListener, IPersistable, ISecondarySaveableSource, ISelectionListener, IViewPart, IWorkbenchPart, IWorkbenchPart2, IWorkbenchPart3, IShowInSource, IShowInTarget, IWorkbenchPartOrientation
public class PropertySheet extends PageBookView implements ISelectionListener, IShowInTarget, IShowInSource, IRegistryEventListener, ISecondarySaveableSource
Main class for the Property Sheet View.

This standard view has id "org.eclipse.ui.views.PropertySheet".

Note that property sheets and property sheet pages are not the same thing as property dialogs and their property pages (the property pages extension point is for contributing property pages to property dialogs). Within the property sheet view, all pages are IPropertySheetPages.

Property sheet pages are discovered by the property sheet view automatically when a part is first activated. The property sheet view asks the active part for its property sheet page; this is done by invoking getAdapter(IPropertySheetPage.class) on the part. If the part returns a page, the property sheet view then creates the controls for that property sheet page (using createControl), and adds the page to the property sheet view. Whenever this part becomes active, its corresponding property sheet page is shown in the property sheet view (which may or may not be visible at the time). A part's property sheet page is discarded when the part closes. The property sheet view has a default page (an instance of PropertySheetPage) which services all parts without a property sheet page of their own.

The workbench will automatically instantiate this class when a Property Sheet view is needed for a workbench window. This class is not intended to be instantiated or subclassed by clients.

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Restriction:
This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
Restriction:
This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

  • Field Details

    • HELP_CONTEXT_PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW

      public static final String HELP_CONTEXT_PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW
      No longer used but preserved to avoid api change
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  • Constructor Details

    • PropertySheet

      public PropertySheet()
      Creates a property sheet view.

  • Method Details

    • createDefaultPage

      protected IPage createDefaultPage(PageBook book)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Creates and returns the default page for this view.

      Subclasses must implement this method.

      Subclasses must call initPage with the new page (if it is an IPageBookViewPage) before calling createControl on the page.

      Specified by:
      createDefaultPage in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      book - the pagebook control
      Returns:
      the default page

    • createPartControl

      public void createPartControl(Composite parent)
      The PropertySheet implementation of this IWorkbenchPart method creates a PageBook control with its default page showing.
      Specified by:
      createPartControl in interface IWorkbenchPart
      Overrides:
      createPartControl in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent control

    • dispose

      public void dispose()
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      The PageBookView implementation of this IWorkbenchPart method cleans up all the pages. Subclasses may extend.
      Specified by:
      dispose in interface IWorkbenchPart
      Overrides:
      dispose in class PageBookView

    • doCreatePage

      protected PageBookView.PageRec doCreatePage(IWorkbenchPart part)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Creates a new page in the pagebook for a particular part. This page will be made visible whenever the part is active, and will be destroyed with a call to doDestroyPage.

      Subclasses must implement this method.

      Subclasses must call initPage with the new page (if it is an IPageBookViewPage) before calling createControl on the page.

      Specified by:
      doCreatePage in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the input part
      Returns:
      the record describing a new page for this view
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    • createPropertySheetPage

      protected IPage createPropertySheetPage(PageBook book)
      Creates and returns a default properties page for this view. This page is used when a part does not provide a IPropertySheetPage
      Parameters:
      book - the pagebook control
      Returns:
      A default properties page
      Since:
      3.10

    • doDestroyPage

      protected void doDestroyPage(IWorkbenchPart part, PageBookView.PageRec rec)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Destroys a page in the pagebook for a particular part. This page was returned as a result from doCreatePage.

      Subclasses must implement this method.

      Specified by:
      doDestroyPage in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the input part
      rec - a page record for the part
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    • getBootstrapPart

      protected IWorkbenchPart getBootstrapPart()
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Returns the active, important workbench part for this view.

      When the page book view is created it has no idea which part within the workbook should be used to generate the first page. Therefore, it delegates the choice to subclasses of PageBookView.

      Implementors of this method should return an active, important part in the workbench or null if none found.

      Subclasses must implement this method.

      Specified by:
      getBootstrapPart in class PageBookView
      Returns:
      the active important part, or null if none

    • init

      public void init(IViewSite site) throws PartInitException
      Description copied from interface: IViewPart
      Initializes this view with the given view site.

      This method is automatically called by the workbench shortly after the part is instantiated. It marks the start of the views's lifecycle. Clients must not call this method.

      Specified by:
      init in interface IViewPart
      Overrides:
      init in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      site - the view site
      Throws:
      PartInitException - may be thrown from overrides

    • saveState

      public void saveState(IMemento memento)
      Description copied from interface: IViewPart
      Saves the object state within a memento.
      Specified by:
      saveState in interface IPersistable
      Specified by:
      saveState in interface IViewPart
      Overrides:
      saveState in class ViewPart
      Parameters:
      memento - a memento to receive the object state

    • isImportant

      protected boolean isImportant(IWorkbenchPart part)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Returns whether the given part should be added to this view.

      Subclasses must implement this method.

      Specified by:
      isImportant in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the input part
      Returns:
      true if the part is relevant, and false otherwise

    • partClosed

      public void partClosed(IWorkbenchPart part)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      The PageBookView implementation of this IPartListener method deal with the closing of the active part. Subclasses may extend.
      Specified by:
      partClosed in interface IPartListener
      Overrides:
      partClosed in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the part that was closed
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    • partVisible

      protected void partVisible(IWorkbenchPart part)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Make sure that the part is not considered if it is hidden.
      Overrides:
      partVisible in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the part which got visible

    • partHidden

      protected void partHidden(IWorkbenchPart part)
      Description copied from class: PageBookView
      Make sure that the part is not considered if it is hidden.
      Overrides:
      partHidden in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the part which got hidden

    • partActivated

      public void partActivated(IWorkbenchPart part)
      The PropertySheet implementation of this IPartListener method first sees if the active part is an IContributedContentsView adapter and if so, asks it for its contributing part.
      Specified by:
      partActivated in interface IPartListener
      Overrides:
      partActivated in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      part - the part that was activated
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    • selectionChanged

      public void selectionChanged(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection sel)
      Description copied from interface: ISelectionListener
      Notifies this listener that the selection has changed.

      Note: it is important that this method returns as quickly as possible to avoid UI freezes. For example, do not update the UI if the UI is not visible. See the SelectionListenerFactory for listeners that are build for this purpose.

      This method is called when the selection changes to a non-null value, but not when the selection changes to null. If there is a requirement to be notified in the latter scenario, implement INullSelectionListener. The event will be posted through this method.

      Specified by:
      selectionChanged in interface ISelectionListener
      Parameters:
      part - the workbench part containing the selection
      sel - the current selection. This may be null if INullSelectionListener is implemented.
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    • isDirtyStateSupported

      public boolean isDirtyStateSupported()
      Defines the dirty state indication behavior of the PropertySheet instance for the current tracked part if it is a ISaveablePart instance or provides an adapter to ISaveablePart.

      Default return value is false - the Properties view will not show the '*' sign if the tracked part is dirty.

      This behavior can be changed by either contributing custom IPropertySheetPage to the tracked part, or providing ISecondarySaveableSource adapter by the tracked part or by contributing ISecondarySaveableSource adapter to the PropertySheet class.

      Strategy for the search is going from the smallest scope to the global scope, searching for the first ISecondarySaveableSource adapter.

      The current page is asked for the ISecondarySaveableSource adapter first, if the adapter is not defined, the current tracked part is asked for it, and finally the platform adapter manager is consulted. The first adapter found in the steps above defines the return value of this method.

      If the contributed page wants change the behavior The page must implement IAdaptable and return adapter to ISecondarySaveableSource.

      Specified by:
      isDirtyStateSupported in interface ISecondarySaveableSource
      Returns:
      returns false if the dirty state indication behavior is not desired.
      Since:
      3.9

    • getViewAdapter

      protected <T> T getViewAdapter(Class<T> key)
      The PropertySheet implementation of this PageBookView method handles the ISaveablePart adapter case by calling getSaveablePart().
      Overrides:
      getViewAdapter in class PageBookView
      Parameters:
      key - the adapter class to look up
      Returns:
      a object castable to the given class, or null if this object does not have an adapter for the given class
      Since:
      3.2

    • getSaveablePart

      protected ISaveablePart getSaveablePart()
      Returns an ISaveablePart that delegates to the source part for the current page if it implements ISaveablePart, or null otherwise.
      Returns:
      an ISaveablePart or null
      Since:
      3.2

    • isPinned

      public boolean isPinned()
      Returns:
      whether this property sheet is currently pinned
      Since:
      3.4

    • getShowInContext

      public ShowInContext getShowInContext()
      Description copied from interface: IShowInSource
      Returns the context to show, or null if there is currently no valid context to show.
      Specified by:
      getShowInContext in interface IShowInSource
      Returns:
      the context to show, or null

    • show

      public boolean show(ShowInContext aContext)
      Description copied from interface: IShowInTarget
      Shows the given context in this target. The target should check the context's selection for elements to show. If there are no relevant elements in the selection, then it should check the context's input.
      Specified by:
      show in interface IShowInTarget
      Parameters:
      aContext - the context to show
      Returns:
      true if the context could be shown, false otherwise

    • setPinned

      public void setPinned(boolean pinned)
      Parameters:
      pinned - Whether this sheet should be pinned
      Since:
      3.4

    • added

      public void added(IExtension[] extensions)
      Description copied from interface: IRegistryEventListener
      Notifies this listener that extensions were added to the registry.

      The extensions supplied as the argument are valid only for the duration of the invocation of this method.

      Specified by:
      added in interface IRegistryEventListener
      Parameters:
      extensions - extensions added to the registry

    • added

      public void added(IExtensionPoint[] extensionPoints)
      Description copied from interface: IRegistryEventListener
      Notifies this listener that extension points were added to the registry.

      The extension points supplied as the argument are valid only for the duration of the invocation of this method.

      Specified by:
      added in interface IRegistryEventListener
      Parameters:
      extensionPoints - extension points added to the registry

    • removed

      public void removed(IExtension[] extensions)
      Description copied from interface: IRegistryEventListener
      Notifies this listener that extensions were removed from the registry.

      The extensions supplied as the argument are valid only for the duration of the invocation of this method.

      Specified by:
      removed in interface IRegistryEventListener
      Parameters:
      extensions - extensions removed from the registry

    • removed

      public void removed(IExtensionPoint[] extensionPoints)
      Description copied from interface: IRegistryEventListener
      Notifies this listener that extension points were removed from the registry.

      The extension points supplied as the argument are valid only for the duration of the invocation of this method.

      Specified by:
      removed in interface IRegistryEventListener
      Parameters:
      extensionPoints - extension points removed from the registry