org.eclipse.jface.text
Interface AbstractInformationControlManager.IInformationControlCloser

Enclosing interface:

AbstractInformationControlManager

public static interface AbstractInformationControlManager.IInformationControlCloser

Interface of a information control closer. An information control closer monitors its information control and its subject control and closes the information control if necessary.

Clients must implement this interface in order to equipe an information control manager accordingly.

Method Summary

void	setInformationControl(IInformationControl control) Sets the closer's information control, the one to close if necessary.
void	setSubjectControl(Control subject) Sets the closer's subject control.
void	start(Rectangle subjectArea) Tells this closer to start monitoring the subject and the information control.
void	stop() Tells this closer to stop monitoring the subject and the information control.

Method Detail

setSubjectControl

public void setSubjectControl(Control subject)

Sets the closer's subject control. This is the control that parents the information control and from which the subject of the information to be shown is retrieved.

Must be called before start. May again be called between start and stop.

Parameters:

subject - the subject control

setInformationControl

public void setInformationControl(IInformationControl control)

Sets the closer's information control, the one to close if necessary.

Must be called before start. May again be called between start and stop.

Parameters:

control - the information control

start

public void start(Rectangle subjectArea)

Tells this closer to start monitoring the subject and the information control. The presented information is considered valid for the given area of the subject control's display.

Parameters:

subjectArea - the area for which the presented information is valid

stop

public void stop()

Tells this closer to stop monitoring the subject and the information control.