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diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.registry/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/IExecutableExtensionFactory.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.registry/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/IExecutableExtensionFactory.java deleted file mode 100644 index 02d2f70c2..000000000 --- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.registry/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/IExecutableExtensionFactory.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -/******************************************************************************* - * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. - * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials - * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 - * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at - * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html - * - * Contributors: - * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation - *******************************************************************************/ -package org.eclipse.core.runtime; - -import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; - -/** - * This interface allows extension providers to control how the instances provided to extension-points are being created - * by referring to the factory instead of referring to a class. For example, the following extension to the preference page - * extension-point uses a factory called <code>PreferencePageFactory</code>. - * <code><pre> - * <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages"> - * <page name="..." class="org.eclipse.update.ui.PreferencePageFactory:org.eclipse.update.ui.preferences.MainPreferencePage"> - * </page> - * </extension> - * </pre> - * </code> - * - * <p> - * Effectively, factories give full control over the create executable extension process. - * </p><p> - * The factories are responsible for handling the case where the concrete instance implement {@link IExecutableExtension}. - * </p><p> - * Given that factories are instantiated as executable extensions, they must provide a 0-argument public constructor. - * Like any other executable extension, they can configured by implementing {@link org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension} interface. - * </p><p> - * This interface can be used without OSGi running. - * </p> - * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement - */ -public interface IExecutableExtensionFactory { - /** - * Creates and returns a new instance. - * - * @exception CoreException if an instance of the executable extension - * could not be created for any reason - */ - Object create() throws CoreException; -} |