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* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.ui.browser;
import org.eclipse.ui.browser.IWebBrowser;
/**
* Implementators of <code>org.eclipse.ui.browser.browsers</code> extension
* points must provide an implementation of this abstract class.
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public abstract class BrowserFactory {
/**
* Checks whether the factory can work on the user system.
*
* @return <code>false</code> if the factory can work on this system; for
* example the required native browser required by browser adapters that
* it creates is not installed, or <code>true</code> otherwise
*/
public boolean isAvailable() {
return true;
}
/**
* Obtains a new instance of a web browser.
*
* @param id the browser id
* @param location the browser location
* @param parameters the browser parameters
* @return an instance of IWebBrowser
*/
public abstract IWebBrowser createBrowser(String id, String location, String parameters);
}