IMenuService.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.menus;

import org.eclipse.core.expressions.IEvaluationContext;
import org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionManager;
import org.eclipse.ui.services.IServiceWithSources;

/**
 * <p>
 * Provides services related to the menu architecture within the workbench. It
 * can be used to contribute additional items to the menu, tool bar and status
 * line.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This interface should not be implemented or extended by clients.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 3.3
 */
public interface IMenuService extends IServiceWithSources {

	/**
	 * Contribute and initialize the contribution factory. This should only be
	 * called once per factory. After the call, the factory should be treated as
	 * an unmodifiable object.
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Note:</b> Contributing factories will place them within the existing
	 * contribution manager menu or toolbar structure, not reprocess the
	 * entire menu contributions for that factory.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Note:</b> factories should be removed when no longer necessary. If
	 * not, they will be removed when the IServiceLocator used to acquire this
	 * service is disposed.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param factory
	 *            the contribution factory. Must not be <code>null</code>
	 * @see #removeContributionFactory(AbstractContributionFactory)
	 */
	public void addContributionFactory(AbstractContributionFactory factory);

	/**
	 * Remove the contributed factory from the menu service. If the factory is
	 * not contained by this service, this call does nothing.
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Note:</b>In 3.3M4, this factory will no longer be called during
	 * {@link #populateContributionManager(ContributionManager, String)} calls,
	 * but outstanding contributions will not be removed from populated
	 * contribution managers.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param factory
	 *            the contribution factory to remove. Must not be
	 *            <code>null</code>.
	 */
	public void removeContributionFactory(AbstractContributionFactory factory);

	/**
	 * Populate a <code>ContributionManager</code> at the specified starting
	 * location with a set of <code>IContributionItems</code>s. It applies
	 * <code>AbstractContributionFactory</code>s that are stored against the
	 * provided location.
	 * 
	 * @param mgr
	 *            The ContributionManager to populate
	 * @param location
	 *            The starting location to begin populating this contribution
	 *            manager. The format is the Menu API URI format.
	 * @see #releaseContributions(ContributionManager)
	 */
	public void populateContributionManager(ContributionManager mgr,
			String location);

	/**
	 * Before calling dispose() on a ContributionManager populated by the menu
	 * service, you must inform the menu service to release its contributions.
	 * This takes care of unregistering any IContributionItems that have their
	 * visibleWhen clause managed by this menu service.
	 * 
	 * @param mgr
	 *            The manager that was populated by a call to
	 *            {@link #populateContributionManager(ContributionManager, String)}
	 */
	public void releaseContributions(ContributionManager mgr);

	/**
	 * Get the current state of eclipse as seen by the menu service.
	 * 
	 * @return an IEvaluationContext containing state variables.
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.ISources
	 */
	public IEvaluationContext getCurrentState();
}