AbstractSingleObjectSection.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
 * available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962
 *     Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
 */

package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.ui.views.properties;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.AbstractPropertySection;

/**
 * Abstract section for properties views displaying information on a single
 * object.
 * 
 * @author Simon Templer
 */
public abstract class AbstractSingleObjectSection extends AbstractPropertySection {

	/**
	 * @see AbstractPropertySection#setInput(IWorkbenchPart, ISelection)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setInput(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection selection) {
		super.setInput(part, selection);
		Assert.isTrue(selection instanceof IStructuredSelection);
		Object input = ((IStructuredSelection) selection).getFirstElement();
		setInput(input);
	}

	/**
	 * Set the input object.
	 * 
	 * @param input the object to display properties on
	 */
	protected abstract void setInput(Object input);

}