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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2011 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
* Wind River Systems - integration with non-standard debug models (Bug 209883)
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
/**
* An optional adapter used to create a watch expression for a selected element.
* <p>
* The 'Create Watch Expression' action is enabled for an adaptable element
* that have an associated <code>IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapter2</code>.
*
* When a watch expression factory adapter is available for an element, the factory is
* consulted to create a watch expression for that element.
* </p>
* <p>
* Clients may implement this interface.
* </p>
* @since 3.4
*/
public interface IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapter2 {
/**
* Creates and returns an expression for the specified variable
* which is used to created an {@link org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IWatchExpression}.
*
* @param element element a watch expression is required for
* @return text used to create a watch expression
* @exception org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException if unable to create a watch
* expression
*/
public String createWatchExpression(Object element) throws CoreException;
/**
* Returns whether a watch expression can be created for the specified variable.
*
* @param variable the specified variable
* @return whether an expression can be created
*/
public boolean canCreateWatchExpression(Object variable);
}
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