Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs
Interface ISelectionValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:
CopyResourceAction

public interface ISelectionValidator

For validating selections in some selection dialogs.

Clients should implement this interface to define specialized selection validators.


Method Summary
 String isValid(Object selection)
          Returns a string indicating whether the given selection is valid.
 

Method Detail

isValid

public String isValid(Object selection)
Returns a string indicating whether the given selection is valid. If the result is null, the selection is considered to be valid; if the result is non-empty, it contains the error message to be displayed to the user.

Parameters:
selection - the selection to be validated
Returns:
the error message, or null indicating that the value is valid

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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