Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui.actions
Class WorkspaceAction

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jface.action.Action
      extended byorg.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction
          extended byorg.eclipse.ui.actions.SelectionListenerAction
              extended byorg.eclipse.ui.actions.WorkspaceAction
All Implemented Interfaces:
IAction, ISelectionChangedListener
Direct Known Subclasses:
BuildAction, CloseResourceAction, OpenResourceAction, RefreshAction, RenameResourceAction, ScrubLocalAction

public abstract class WorkspaceAction
extends SelectionListenerAction

The abstract superclass for actions which invoke commands implemented in org.eclipse.core.* on a set of selected resources. It iterates over all selected resources; errors are collected and displayed to the user via a problems dialog at the end of the operation. User requests to cancel the operation are passed along to the core.

Subclasses must implement the following methods:

Subclasses may override the following methods:


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction
AS_CHECK_BOX, AS_DROP_DOWN_MENU, AS_PUSH_BUTTON, AS_RADIO_BUTTON, AS_UNSPECIFIED, CHECKED, DESCRIPTION, ENABLED, HANDLED, IMAGE, RESULT, TEXT, TOOL_TIP_TEXT
 
Constructor Summary
protected WorkspaceAction(Shell shell, String text)
          Creates a new action with the given text.
 
Method Summary
protected  List getActionResources()
          Returns the elements that the action is to be performed on.
protected abstract  String getOperationMessage()
          Returns the string to display for this action's operation.
protected  String getProblemsMessage()
          Returns the string to display for this action's problems dialog.
protected  String getProblemsTitle()
          Returns the title for this action's problems dialog.
protected abstract  void invokeOperation(IResource resource, IProgressMonitor monitor)
          Performs this action's operation on each of the selected resources, reporting progress to, and fielding cancel requests from, the given progress monitor.
 void run()
          The CoreWrapperAction implementation of this IAction method uses a ProgressMonitorDialog to run the operation.
 void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule)
          Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.
 void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule, Object jobFamily)
          Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.
 void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule, Object[] jobFamilies)
          Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.
protected  boolean shouldPerformResourcePruning()
          Returns whether this action should attempt to optimize the resources being operated on.
protected  boolean updateSelection(IStructuredSelection selection)
          The WorkspaceAction implementation of this SelectionListenerAction method ensures that this action is disabled if any of the selected resources are inaccessible.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.actions.SelectionListenerAction
clearCache, getSelectedNonResources, getSelectedResources, resourceIsType, selectionIsOfType
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction
getStructuredSelection, runWithEvent, selectionChanged, selectionChanged
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.Action
addPropertyChangeListener, convertAccelerator, convertAccelerator, findKeyCode, findKeyString, findModifier, findModifierString, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getAccelerator, getActionDefinitionId, getDescription, getDisabledImageDescriptor, getHelpListener, getHoverImageDescriptor, getId, getImageDescriptor, getMenuCreator, getStyle, getText, getToolTipText, isChecked, isEnabled, isHandled, notifyResult, removeAcceleratorText, removeMnemonics, removePropertyChangeListener, setAccelerator, setActionDefinitionId, setChecked, setDescription, setDisabledImageDescriptor, setEnabled, setHelpListener, setHoverImageDescriptor, setId, setImageDescriptor, setMenuCreator, setText, setToolTipText
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

WorkspaceAction

protected WorkspaceAction(Shell shell,
                          String text)
Creates a new action with the given text.

Parameters:
shell - the shell (for the modal progress dialog and error messages)
text - the string used as the text for the action, or null if there is no text
Method Detail

getOperationMessage

protected abstract String getOperationMessage()
Returns the string to display for this action's operation.

Note that this hook method is invoked in a non-UI thread.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Returns:
the message
Since:
3.1

getProblemsMessage

protected String getProblemsMessage()
Returns the string to display for this action's problems dialog.

The WorkspaceAction implementation of this method returns a vague message (localized counterpart of something like "The following problems occurred."). Subclasses may reimplement to provide something more suited to the particular action.

Returns:
the problems message
Since:
3.1

getProblemsTitle

protected String getProblemsTitle()
Returns the title for this action's problems dialog.

The WorkspaceAction implementation of this method returns a generic title (localized counterpart of "Problems"). Subclasses may reimplement to provide something more suited to the particular action.

Returns:
the problems dialog title
Since:
3.1

invokeOperation

protected abstract void invokeOperation(IResource resource,
                                        IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                 throws CoreException
Performs this action's operation on each of the selected resources, reporting progress to, and fielding cancel requests from, the given progress monitor.

Note that this method is invoked in a non-UI thread.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Parameters:
resource - one of the selected resources
monitor - a progress monitor
Throws:
CoreException - if the operation fails
Since:
3.1

run

public void run()
The CoreWrapperAction implementation of this IAction method uses a ProgressMonitorDialog to run the operation. The operation calls execute (which, in turn, calls invokeOperation). Afterwards, any CoreExceptions encountered while running the operation are reported to the user via a problems dialog.

Subclasses may extend this method.

Specified by:
run in interface IAction
Overrides:
run in class Action

shouldPerformResourcePruning

protected boolean shouldPerformResourcePruning()
Returns whether this action should attempt to optimize the resources being operated on. This kind of pruning makes sense when the operation has depth infinity semantics (when the operation is applied explicitly to a resource then it is also applied implicitly to all the resource's descendents).

The WorkspaceAction implementation of this method returns true. Subclasses should reimplement to return false if pruning is not required.

Returns:
true if pruning should be performed, and false if pruning is not desired
Since:
3.1

updateSelection

protected boolean updateSelection(IStructuredSelection selection)
The WorkspaceAction implementation of this SelectionListenerAction method ensures that this action is disabled if any of the selected resources are inaccessible. Subclasses may extend to react to selection changes; however, if the super method returns false, the overriding method should also return false.

Overrides:
updateSelection in class BaseSelectionListenerAction
Parameters:
selection - the new selection
Returns:
true if the action should be enabled for this selection, and false otherwise

getActionResources

protected List getActionResources()
Returns the elements that the action is to be performed on. By default return the selected resources.

Subclasses may override this method.

Returns:
list of resource elements (element type: IResource)

runInBackground

public void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule)
Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.

Parameters:
rule - The rule to apply to the background job or null if there isn't one.

runInBackground

public void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule,
                            Object jobFamily)
Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.

Parameters:
rule - The rule to apply to the background job or null if there isn't one.
jobFamily - a single family that the job should belong to or null if none.
Since:
3.1

runInBackground

public void runInBackground(ISchedulingRule rule,
                            Object[] jobFamilies)
Run the action in the background rather than with the progress dialog.

Parameters:
rule - The rule to apply to the background job or null if there isn't one.
jobFamilies - the families the job should belong to or null if none.
Since:
3.1

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