# Uses of Interface
org.eclipse.ui.navigator.INavigatorContentDescriptor

Packages that use INavigatorContentDescriptor
Package
Description
org.eclipse.ui.navigator
Provides the Common Navigator framework.

## Uses of INavigatorContentDescriptor in org.eclipse.ui.navigator

Methods in org.eclipse.ui.navigator that return INavigatorContentDescriptor
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`INavigatorContentDescriptor[]`
INavigatorActivationService.`activateExtensions(String[] extensionIds, boolean toDeactivateAllOthers)`
Activate the extensions specified by the extensionIds array.
`INavigatorContentDescriptor[]`
INavigatorContentService.`bindExtensions(String[] extensionIds, boolean isRoot)`
Bind the set of given extensions to this content service.
`INavigatorContentDescriptor[]`
INavigatorActivationService.`deactivateExtensions(String[] extensionIds, boolean toActivateAllOthers)`
Deactivate the extensions specified by the extensionIds.
`INavigatorContentDescriptor`
INavigatorContentService.`getContentDescriptorById(String anExtensionId)`
Return the content extension for the given id.
`INavigatorContentDescriptor`
INavigatorContentExtension.`getDescriptor()`
There is one descriptor for all instances of a INavigatorContentExtension.
`INavigatorContentDescriptor`
INavigatorContentDescriptor.`getOverriddenDescriptor()`
`INavigatorContentDescriptor[]`
INavigatorContentService.`getVisibleExtensions()`
Return the set of visible content descriptors for this content service, which includes those that are bound through viewerContentBindings and those that are bound through `INavigatorContentService.bindExtensions(String[], boolean)`.
Methods in org.eclipse.ui.navigator with parameters of type INavigatorContentDescriptor
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Map<String,ViewerComparator>`
INavigatorSorterService.`findAvailableSorters(INavigatorContentDescriptor theSource)`
Find and return all viewer sorters associated with the given descriptor.
`ViewerComparator`
INavigatorSorterService.`findComparator(INavigatorContentDescriptor source, Object parent, Object lvalue, Object rvalue)`
Return a `ViewerComparator` from an extension which is visible to the associated `INavigatorContentService` and whose parentExpression matches the given parent.
`ViewerSorter`
INavigatorSorterService.`findSorter(INavigatorContentDescriptor source, Object parent, Object lvalue, Object rvalue)`
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use `INavigatorSorterService.findComparator(INavigatorContentDescriptor, Object, Object, Object)` instead.