Eclipse Platform
2.0

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor
Interface ITextEditor

All Superinterfaces:
IAdaptable, IEditorPart, IWorkbenchPart
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractTextEditor

public interface ITextEditor
extends IEditorPart

Interface to a text editor. This interface defines functional extensions to IEditorPart as well as the configuration capabilities of a text editor.

Text editors are configured with an IDocumentProvider which delivers a textual presentation (IDocument) of the editor's input. The editor works on the document and forwards all input element related calls, such as save, to the document provider. The provider also delivers the input's annotation model which is used to control the editor's vertical ruler.

Clients may implement this interface from scratch, but the recommended way is to subclass the abstract base class AbstractTextEditor.

See Also:
IDocumentProvider, IAnnotationModel

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart
PROP_DIRTY, PROP_INPUT
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart
PROP_TITLE
 
Method Summary
 void close(boolean save)
          Closes this text editor after optionally saving changes.
 void doRevertToSaved()
          Abandons all modifications applied to this text editor's input element's textual presentation since the last save operation.
 IAction getAction(String actionId)
          Returns the action installed under the given action id.
 IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider()
          Returns this text editor's document provider.
 IRegion getHighlightRange()
          Returns the highlighted range of this text editor.
 ISelectionProvider getSelectionProvider()
          Returns this text editor's selection provider.
 boolean isEditable()
          Returns whether the text in this text editor can be changed by the user.
 void removeActionActivationCode(String actionId)
          Removes any installed activation code for the specified action.
 void resetHighlightRange()
          Resets the highlighted range of this text editor.
 void selectAndReveal(int offset, int length)
          Selects and reveals the specified range in this text editor.
 void setAction(String actionID, IAction action)
          Installs the given action under the given action id.
 void setActionActivationCode(String actionId, char activationCharacter, int activationKeyCode, int activationStateMask)
          Sets the given activation code for the specified action.
 void setHighlightRange(int offset, int length, boolean moveCursor)
          Sets the highlighted range of this text editor to the specified region.
 void showHighlightRangeOnly(boolean showHighlightRangeOnly)
          Configures this text editor to show only the highlighted range of the text.
 boolean showsHighlightRangeOnly()
          Returns whether this text editor is configured to show only the highlighted range of the text.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart
doSave, doSaveAs, getEditorInput, getEditorSite, gotoMarker, init, isDirty, isSaveAsAllowed, isSaveOnCloseNeeded
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart
addPropertyListener, createPartControl, dispose, getSite, getTitle, getTitleImage, getTitleToolTip, removePropertyListener, setFocus
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
getAdapter
 

Method Detail

getDocumentProvider

public IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider()
Returns this text editor's document provider.

Returns:
the document provider

close

public void close(boolean save)
Closes this text editor after optionally saving changes.

Parameters:
save - true if unsaved changed should be saved, and false if unsaved changed should be discarded

isEditable

public boolean isEditable()
Returns whether the text in this text editor can be changed by the user.

Returns:
true if it can be edited, and false if it is read-only

doRevertToSaved

public void doRevertToSaved()
Abandons all modifications applied to this text editor's input element's textual presentation since the last save operation.


setAction

public void setAction(String actionID,
                      IAction action)
Installs the given action under the given action id.

Parameters:
action - the action, or null to clear it
See Also:
getAction(java.lang.String)

getAction

public IAction getAction(String actionId)
Returns the action installed under the given action id.

Parameters:
actionId - the action id
Returns:
the action, or null if none
See Also:
setAction(java.lang.String, org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction)

setActionActivationCode

public void setActionActivationCode(String actionId,
                                    char activationCharacter,
                                    int activationKeyCode,
                                    int activationStateMask)
Sets the given activation code for the specified action. If there is an activation code already registered, it is replaced. The activation code consists of the same information as a KeyEvent. If the activation code is triggered and the associated action is enabled, the action is performed and the triggering KeyEvent is considered consumed. If the action is disabled, the KeyEvent is passed on unmodified. Thus, action activation codes and action accelerators differ in their model of event consumption.

Parameters:
actionId - the action id

removeActionActivationCode

public void removeActionActivationCode(String actionId)
Removes any installed activation code for the specified action. If no activation code is installed, this method does not have any effect.

Parameters:
actionId - the action id

showsHighlightRangeOnly

public boolean showsHighlightRangeOnly()
Returns whether this text editor is configured to show only the highlighted range of the text.

Returns:
true if only the highlighted range is shown, and false if this editor shows the entire text of the document
See Also:
showHighlightRangeOnly(boolean)

showHighlightRangeOnly

public void showHighlightRangeOnly(boolean showHighlightRangeOnly)
Configures this text editor to show only the highlighted range of the text.

Parameters:
showHighlightRangeOnly - true if only the highlighted range is shown, and false if this editor shows the entire text of the document
See Also:
showsHighlightRangeOnly()

setHighlightRange

public void setHighlightRange(int offset,
                              int length,
                              boolean moveCursor)
Sets the highlighted range of this text editor to the specified region.

Parameters:
offset - the offset of the highlighted range
length - the length of the highlighted range
moveCursor - true if the cursor should be moved to the start of the highlighted range, and false to leave the cursor unaffected
See Also:
getHighlightRange()

getHighlightRange

public IRegion getHighlightRange()
Returns the highlighted range of this text editor.

Returns:
the highlighted range
See Also:
setHighlightRange(int, int, boolean)

resetHighlightRange

public void resetHighlightRange()
Resets the highlighted range of this text editor.


getSelectionProvider

public ISelectionProvider getSelectionProvider()
Returns this text editor's selection provider. Repeated calls to this method return the same selection provider.

Returns:
the selection provider

selectAndReveal

public void selectAndReveal(int offset,
                            int length)
Selects and reveals the specified range in this text editor.

Parameters:
offset - the offset of the selection
length - the length of the selection

Eclipse Platform
2.0

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