Eclipse Platform
Release 3.4

org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist
Class ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter
      extended byorg.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener
All Implemented Interfaces:
EventListener, KeyListener, Runnable, org.eclipse.swt.internal.SWTEventListener, VerifyKeyListener
Enclosing class:
ContentAssistant

protected class ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener
extends KeyAdapter
implements KeyListener, Runnable, VerifyKeyListener

An implementation of IContentAssistListener, this class is used to monitor key events in support of automatic activation of the content assistant. If enabled, the implementation utilizes a thread to watch for input characters matching the activation characters specified by the content assist processor, and if detected, will wait the indicated delay interval before activating the content assistant.

Since:
3.4 protected, was added in 2.1 as private class

Constructor Summary
protected ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener()
           
 
Method Summary
 void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
          Sent when a key is pressed on the system keyboard.
protected  void reset(int showStyle)
           
 void run()
           
protected  void showAssist(int showStyle)
           
protected  void start(int showStyle)
           
protected  void stop()
           
 void verifyKey(VerifyEvent event)
          The following event fields are used: event.character is the character that was typed (input) event.keyCode is the key code that was typed (input) event.stateMask is the state of the keyboard (input) event.doit is processed or not (output)
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter
keyReleased
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyListener
keyReleased
 

Constructor Detail

ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener

protected ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener()
Method Detail

start

protected void start(int showStyle)

run

public void run()
Specified by:
run in interface Runnable

reset

protected void reset(int showStyle)

stop

protected void stop()

keyPressed

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
Description copied from interface: KeyListener
Sent when a key is pressed on the system keyboard.

Specified by:
keyPressed in interface KeyListener
Overrides:
keyPressed in class KeyAdapter
Parameters:
e - an event containing information about the key press

verifyKey

public void verifyKey(VerifyEvent event)
Description copied from interface: VerifyKeyListener
The following event fields are used:

Specified by:
verifyKey in interface VerifyKeyListener
Parameters:
event - the verify event
See Also:
VerifyEvent

showAssist

protected void showAssist(int showStyle)

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