IInformationControlExtension.java

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package org.eclipse.jface.text;

/**
 * Extension interface {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl}.
 * <p>
 * As it is the responsibility of the implementer of
 * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl} and
 * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlExtension2} to specify the
 * concrete nature of the information control's input, only the implementer can
 * know whether it has something to show or not.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IInformationControlExtension {

	/**
	 * Returns whether this information control has contents to be displayed.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if there is contents to be displayed.
	 */
	boolean hasContents();
}