ArrayContentProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ArrayContentProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContentProvider, IStructuredContentProvider
```
public class ArrayContentProvider
extends Object
implements IStructuredContentProvider
```
This implementation of IStructuredContentProvider handles the case where the viewer input is an unchanging array or collection of elements.
This class is not intended to be subclassed outside the viewer framework.

Since:

2.1

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ArrayContentProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object[]`	`getElements(Object inputElement)`	Returns the elements in the input, which must be either an array or a `Collection`.
`static ArrayContentProvider`	`getInstance()`	Returns an instance of ArrayContentProvider.

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

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IContentProvider
dispose, inputChanged

- Constructor Detail
  - ArrayContentProvider
```
public ArrayContentProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static ArrayContentProvider getInstance()
```
    Returns an instance of ArrayContentProvider. Since instances of this class do not maintain any state, they can be shared between multiple clients.
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of ArrayContentProvider
    
    Since:
    
    3.5
  - getElements
```
public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement)
```
    Returns the elements in the input, which must be either an array or a Collection.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getElements in interface IStructuredContentProvider
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputElement - the input element
    
    Returns:
    
    the array of elements to display in the viewer