org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.provider

Interface EMFFormsViewService

All Known Subinterfaces:

EMFFormsFilteredViewService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ViewProviderImpl

public interface EMFFormsViewService

The EMFFormsViewService allows to add and remove IViewProvider as well as to retrieve a VView based on an EObject and a VViewModelProperties.

Since:

1.7

Author:

Eugen Neufeld

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addProvider(IViewProvider viewProvider) Add an IViewProvider.
VView	getView(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject, VViewModelProperties properties) This allows to retrieve a VView based on an EObject.
void	removeProvider(IViewProvider viewProvider) Remove an IViewProvider.

Method Detail

addProvider

void addProvider(IViewProvider viewProvider)

Add an IViewProvider.

Parameters:

viewProvider - The IViewProvider to be added

removeProvider

void removeProvider(IViewProvider viewProvider)

Remove an IViewProvider.

Parameters:

viewProvider - The IViewProvider to be removed

getView

VView getView(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject,
              VViewModelProperties properties)

This allows to retrieve a VView based on an EObject. This method reads all IViewProviders and searches for the best fitting. If none can be found, then null is returned.

Parameters:

eObject - the EObject to find a VView for

properties - the properties

Returns:

a view model for the given EObject or null if no suited provider could be found