org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.ui/src/org/eclipse/linuxtools/tmf/ui/viewers/ITmfViewer.java

   1 /*******************************************************************************
   2  * Copyright (c) 2012 Ericsson
   3  *
   4  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
   5  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
   6  * accompanies this distribution, and is available at
   7  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   8  *
   9  * Contributors:
  10  *   Mathieu Denis <mathieu.denis@polymtl.ca> - Initial API and implementation
  11  *******************************************************************************/
  12
  13 package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.ui.viewers;
  14
  15 import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component.ITmfComponent;
  16 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
  17
  18 /**
  19  * Interface to viewers.
  20  *
  21  * Viewers are to be put into views which need to know how to refresh the
  22  * viewer's contents.
  23  *
  24  * @author Mathieu Denis
  25  * @version 2.0
  26  * @since 2.0
  27  */
  28 public interface ITmfViewer extends ITmfComponent {
  29
  30     /**
  31      * Returns the primary control associated with this viewer.
  32      *
  33      * @return the SWT control which displays this viewer's contents
  34      */
  35     public Control getControl();
  36
  37     /**
  38      * Tells the viewer to refresh its contents.
  39      */
  40     public void refresh();
  41 }