Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.jface.resource
Class DeviceResourceDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jface.resource.DeviceResourceDescriptor
Direct Known Subclasses:
ColorDescriptor, FontDescriptor, ImageDescriptor

public abstract class DeviceResourceDescriptor
extends Object

Instances of this class can allocate and dispose SWT resources. Each instance describes a particular resource (such as a Color, Font, or Image) and can create and destroy that resource on demand. DeviceResourceDescriptors are managed by a ResourceRegistry.

Since:
3.1
See Also:
ResourceManager

Constructor Summary
DeviceResourceDescriptor()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  Object createResource(Device device)
          Creates the resource described by this descriptor
abstract  void destroyResource(Object previouslyCreatedObject)
          Undoes everything that was done by a previous call to create(...), given the object that was returned by create(...).
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

DeviceResourceDescriptor

public DeviceResourceDescriptor()
Method Detail

createResource

public abstract Object createResource(Device device)
                               throws DeviceResourceException
Creates the resource described by this descriptor

Parameters:
device - the Device on which to allocate the resource
Returns:
the newly allocated resource (not null)
Throws:
DeviceResourceException - if unable to allocate the resource
Since:
3.1

destroyResource

public abstract void destroyResource(Object previouslyCreatedObject)
Undoes everything that was done by a previous call to create(...), given the object that was returned by create(...).

Parameters:
previouslyCreatedObject - an object that was returned by an equal descriptor in a previous call to createResource(...).
Since:
3.1

Eclipse Platform
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