added a builder to parse files with eclipse's build mechanisms

[phpeclipse.git] / net.sourceforge.phpeclipse / src / net / sourceforge / phpdt / core / IBufferFactory.java

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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 
+ * are 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:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core;
+
+/**
+ * A factory that creates <code>IBuffer</code>s for openables.
+ * <p>
+ * This interface may be implemented by clients.
+ * </p>
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public interface IBufferFactory {
+
+       /**
+        * Creates a buffer for the given owner.
+        * The new buffer will be initialized with the contents of the owner 
+        * if and only if it was not already initialized by the factory (a buffer is uninitialized if 
+        * its content is <code>null</code>).
+        * 
+        * @param owner the owner of the buffer
+        * @see IBuffer
+        */
+       IBuffer createBuffer(IOpenable owner);
+}
+