Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui.browser
Class AbstractWebBrowser

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.ui.browser.AbstractWebBrowser
All Implemented Interfaces:
IWebBrowser

public abstract class AbstractWebBrowser
extends Object
implements IWebBrowser

Clients that supply implementation of the workbench browser support should extend this class for web browser instances they manage. Clients should not implement the IWebBrowser interface.

Since:
3.1

Constructor Summary
AbstractWebBrowser(String id)
          The constructor that accepts the unique browser identifier.
 
Method Summary
 boolean close()
          Closes this browser instance.
 String getId()
          Returns the unique identifier of this browser.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.browser.IWebBrowser
openURL
 

Constructor Detail

AbstractWebBrowser

public AbstractWebBrowser(String id)
The constructor that accepts the unique browser identifier.

Parameters:
id - the unique browser identifier
Method Detail

getId

public String getId()
Description copied from interface: IWebBrowser
Returns the unique identifier of this browser. If an id has been supplied to the browser support when the instance was created, it will be used. Otherwise, a generated id will be provided to the browser that is guaranteed to be unique.

Specified by:
getId in interface IWebBrowser
Returns:
a unique identifier of this browser instance

close

public boolean close()
Description copied from interface: IWebBrowser
Closes this browser instance.

Specified by:
close in interface IWebBrowser
Returns:
true if the browser was closed or false if the operation failed or is not supported.

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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