AbstractContentExtensionProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.help.AbstractContentExtensionProvider

```
public abstract class AbstractContentExtensionProvider
extends java.lang.Object
```
An AbstractContentExtensionProvider is a mechanism to provide arbitrary content extensions (e.g. contributions to anchors or element replacements). AbstractContentExtensionProviders must be registered via the org.eclipse.help.contentExtension extension point.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractContentExtensionProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`contentChanged()`	Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time `getContentExtensions()` was called, and needs to be updated.
`abstract IContentExtension[]`	`getContentExtensions(java.lang.String locale)`	Returns all extensions for this provider.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractContentExtensionProvider
```
public AbstractContentExtensionProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getContentExtensions
```
public abstract IContentExtension[] getContentExtensions(java.lang.String locale)
```
    Returns all extensions for this provider. Providers are free to provide any number of contributions (zero or more).
    
    Parameters:
    
    locale - the locale for which to get contributions
    
    Returns:
    
    all the content extensions for this provider
  - contentChanged
```
protected void contentChanged()
```
    Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time getContentExtensions() was called, and needs to be updated.