Index: IOProvider.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/io/src/org/openide/windows/IOProvider.java,v
--- IOProvider.java		1.4
+++ IOProvider.java	
@@ -22,0 +22,1 @@ 
+import javax.swing.Action;
@@ -65,0 +66,21 @@ 
+    
+    /** 
+     * Get a named instance of InputOutput, which represents an output tab in
+     * the output window.  Streams for reading/writing can be accessed via
+     * getters on the returned instance. 
+     * Additional actoins are displayed on the output's toolbar.
+     *
+     * @param name A localized display name for the tab
+     * @param newIO if <tt>true</tt>, a new <code>InputOutput</code> is returned, else an existing <code>InputOutput</code> of the same name may be returned
+     * @param additionalActions array of actions that are added to the toolbar
+     * @return an <code>InputOutput</code> instance for accessing the new tab
+     * @see InputOutput
+     * @since 1.6 <br>
+     * Note: The method is non-abstract for backward compatibility reasons only. If you are
+     * extending IOProvider and implementing it's abstract classes, you are encouraged to override
+     * this method as well. The default implementation fallbacks to the getIO(name, newIO) method, ignoring the actions passed.
+     */
+    public InputOutput getIO(String name, boolean newIO, Action[] additionalActions) {
+        return getIO(name, newIO);
+    }
+    
Index: changes.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/io/api/doc/changes/changes.xml,v
--- changes.xml		1.2
+++ changes.xml	
@@ -78,0 +78,23 @@ 
+    <change id="allow-to-add-actions-to-toolbar">
+      <api name="io"/>
+      <summary> Added API to add actions to output's toolbar</summary>
+      <version major="1" minor="6"/>
+      <date day="22" month="12" year="2004"/>
+      <author login="mkleint"/>
+      <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" semantic="compatible" />
+      <description>
+        <p>Added an additional method <code>InputOutput getIO(String name, boolean newIO, Action[] additionalActions)</code>
+         that accepts additional array of javax.swing.Action instances. It allows to define domain-specific additional actions
+         that can be performed on the content of the output.</p>
+         <p>The method
+should be ideally abstract but because it's uncertain how many
+implementations are there, the method is non-abstract and in it's
+default impl, delegates to the <code>InputOutput getIO(String name, boolean newIO)</code> method,
+ignoring the boolean parameter. Implementors of the class are
+encourages to implement the new method.
+        </p>
+      </description>
+      <class package="org.openide.windows" name="IOProvider"/>
+      <issue number="43332" />
+    </change>
+