Package org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist

Provides a content assist add-on for an ITextViewer.

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Description

Interface Summary

ICompletionProposal	The interface of completion proposals generated by content assist processors.
ICompletionProposalExtension	Extension interface to ICompletionProposal.
IContentAssistant	An IContentAssistant provides support on interactive content completion.
IContentAssistProcessor	A content assist processor proposes completions and computes context information for a particular content type.
IContextInformation	The inferface of context information presented to the user and generated by content assist processors.
IContextInformationExtension	Extension interface for IContextInformation.
IContextInformationPresenter	A context information presenter determines the presentation of context information depending on a given document position.
IContextInformationValidator	A context information validator is used to determine if a displayed context information is still valid or should be dismissed.

Class Summary

CompletionProposal	The standard implementation of the ICompletionProposal interface.
ContentAssistant	The standard implementation of the IContentAssistant interface.
ContextInformation	A default implementation of the IContextInformation interface.
ContextInformationValidator	A default implementation of the IContextInfomationValidator interface.

Package org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist Description

Provides a content assist add-on for an ITextViewer. Content assist supports the user in writing by proposing context sensitive completions at a given document position. A completion can also be a incomplete in itself and content assist provides means to deal with nested completions.

Package Specification

IContentAssistant defines the concept of the content assist add-on. It collaborates with content type specific completion processors (IContentAssistProcessor) in order to generate completion proposals (ICompletionProposal) valid at the current document position. The package provides a default implementation ContentAssistant which completely defines and implements the UI and the control flow for content assist.