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## org.eclipse.jface.text
Interface IInformationControlCreator

public interface IInformationControlCreator

Interface of a factory for information controls ( `IInformationControl`). In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of `IInformationControlCreator`, extension interfaces are used as a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:

- `IInformationControlCreatorExtension`since version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.

Since:
  2.0
See Also:
  `IInformationControlCreatorExtension`

Method Summary
`IInformationControl` | `createInformationControl(Shell parent)` Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.

Method Detail

### createInformationControl

    public IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent)

  Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the parent shell
  Returns:
    the created information control

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