first version of external tools

[phpeclipse.git] / net.sourceforge.phpeclipse / src / net / sourceforge / phpdt / externaltools / variable / IVariableTextExpander.java

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+package net.sourceforge.phpdt.externaltools.variable;
+
+/**********************************************************************
+Copyright (c) 2002 IBM Corp. and others. All rights reserved.
+This file is made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ 
+Contributors:
+**********************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * Responsible for expanding a variable into text format.
+ * <p>
+ * Implementation of this interface will be treated like
+ * a singleton. That is, only one instance will be created
+ * per variable extension.
+ * </p><p>
+ * This interface is not to be extended by clients. Clients
+ * may implement this interface.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface IVariableTextExpander {
+       /**
+        * Returns the expanded text for the given variable
+        * tag and value.
+        * 
+        * @param varTag the variable tag name
+        * @param varValue the value for the variable
+        * @param context the context the variable should use to expand itself
+        * @return the text of the expanded variable
+        *              or <code>null</code> if not possible
+        */
+       public String getText(String varTag, String varValue, ExpandVariableContext context);
+}