IEditorPart.java

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 *     The RCP Company - initial API and implementation
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package com.rcpcompany.uibindings.navigator;

import com.rcpcompany.uibindings.IDisposable;

/**
 * An editor part as created by {@link IEditorPartFactory}.
 * <p>
 * The interface allows an editor part to be properly disposed.
 * <p>
 * Do not implement this interface directly - instead sub-class {@link AbstractEditorPart}.
 * 
 * @author Tonny Madsen, The RCP Company
 */
public interface IEditorPart extends IDisposable {
	/**
	 * Returns whether this editor can accept changes in the object of the editor without
	 * re-creating the editor.
	 * <p>
	 * Some editors - e.g. the generic one - build the UI based on the current object and these
	 * cannot easily accept changes in the object as the UI is not changed in the same moment.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the object can be changed
	 */
	boolean canAcceptObjectChanges();
}