Eclipse Platform
Release 3.6

org.eclipse.ui.navigator
Class LinkHelperService

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.ui.navigator.LinkHelperService

public class LinkHelperService
extends Object

Manages the link helpers which are used to define the behavior of the link with editor function.

Since:
3.4
Restriction:
This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary
 ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(IEditorInput input)
           
 ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(Object anObject)
           
 IStructuredSelection getSelectionFor(IEditorInput input)
          Return a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getLinkHelpersFor

public ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(Object anObject)
Parameters:
anObject - An object from the viewer
Returns:
An array of link helpers that know about elements in the selection or null

getLinkHelpersFor

public ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(IEditorInput input)
Parameters:
input - The Editor input from the active viewer.
Returns:
An array of link helpers that know about elements in the selection or null

getSelectionFor

public IStructuredSelection getSelectionFor(IEditorInput input)
Return a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent.

Parameters:
input - the editor input
Returns:
a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.6

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