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diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.wst.sse.core/src/org/eclipse/wst/sse/core/internal/provisional/INodeAdapterFactory.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.wst.sse.core/src/org/eclipse/wst/sse/core/internal/provisional/INodeAdapterFactory.java deleted file mode 100644 index d6a25062ae..0000000000 --- a/bundles/org.eclipse.wst.sse.core/src/org/eclipse/wst/sse/core/internal/provisional/INodeAdapterFactory.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -/******************************************************************************* - * Copyright (c) 2001, 2005 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 - * Jens Lukowski/Innoopract - initial renaming/restructuring - * - *******************************************************************************/ -package org.eclipse.wst.sse.core.internal.provisional; - -/** - * INodeNotifiers can be adapted by INodeAdapters. This factory interface - * provides a way to provide factories which are invoked by the infrastructure - * to manage this process, from creating, to adapting, to releasing, if - * required. - * - * @plannedfor 1.0 - * - */ -public interface INodeAdapterFactory { - - /** - * The primary purpose of an adapter factory is to create an adapter and - * associate it with an INodeNotifier. This adapt method Method that - * returns the adapter associated with the given object. The - * implementation of this method should call addAdapter on the adapted - * object with the correct instance of the adapter, if appropriate. - * - * Note: the instance of the adapter returned may be a singleton or not - * ... depending on the needs of the INodeAdapter ... but in general it is - * recommended for an adapter to be stateless, so the efficiencies of a - * singleton can be gained. - * - * @param object - * the node notifier to be adapted - */ - INodeAdapter adapt(INodeNotifier object); - - /** - * Unlike clone, this method may or may not return the same instance, such - * as in the case where the IAdapterFactory is intended to be a singleton. - * - * @return an instance of this adapter factory. - */ - public INodeAdapterFactory copy(); - - /** - * isFactoryForType is called by infrastructure to decide if this adapter - * factory is apporiate to use for an adapter request that specifies - * 'type'. - * - * @param type - - * same object used to identify/request adapters. - * @return true if factory is appropriate for type, false otherwise. - */ - boolean isFactoryForType(Object type); - - /** - * release is called by infrastructure when the factory registry is - * released (which is done when a structured model is released). This - * intened for the factory to be allowed to clean up any state information - * it may have. - * - * Note: while not recommended, due to performance reasons, if individual - * adapters need some cleanup (or need to be released) it is (typically) - * the responsibility of the adapter factory to track them, and initiate - * what ever clean up is needed. In other works, cleanup at the adatper - * level is not provided by infrastructure. - */ - public void release(); - -} |