Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui
Class SelectionEnabler

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.ui.SelectionEnabler

public final class SelectionEnabler
extends Object

Determines the enablement status given a selection. This calculation is done based on the definition of the enablesFor attribute, enablement element, and the selection element found in the IConfigurationElement provided.

This class can be instantiated by clients. It is not intended to be extended.

Since:
3.0 Note: The dependency on org.eclipse.jface.text for ITextSelection must be severed It may be possible to do with IActionFilter generic workbench registers IActionFilter for "size" property against IStructuredSelection workbench text registers IActionFilter for "size" property against ITextSelection code here: sel.getAdapter(IActionFilter.class) As an interim solution, use reflection to access selections implementing ITextSelection

Field Summary
static int ANY_NUMBER
           
static int MULTIPLE
           
static int NONE
           
static int NONE_OR_ONE
           
static int ONE_OR_MORE
           
static int UNKNOWN
           
 
Constructor Summary
SelectionEnabler(IConfigurationElement configElement)
          Create a new instance of the receiver.
 
Method Summary
 boolean isEnabledForSelection(ISelection selection)
          Check if the receiver is enabled for the given selection.
static boolean verifyNameMatch(String name, String filter)
          Verifies that the given name matches the given wildcard filter.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

UNKNOWN

public static final int UNKNOWN
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ONE_OR_MORE

public static final int ONE_OR_MORE
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ANY_NUMBER

public static final int ANY_NUMBER
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NONE_OR_ONE

public static final int NONE_OR_ONE
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NONE

public static final int NONE
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MULTIPLE

public static final int MULTIPLE
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Constructor Detail

SelectionEnabler

public SelectionEnabler(IConfigurationElement configElement)
Create a new instance of the receiver.

Parameters:
configElement -
Method Detail

isEnabledForSelection

public boolean isEnabledForSelection(ISelection selection)
Check if the receiver is enabled for the given selection.

Parameters:
selection -
Returns:
true if the given selection matches the conditions specified in IConfirgurationElement.

verifyNameMatch

public static boolean verifyNameMatch(String name,
                                      String filter)
Verifies that the given name matches the given wildcard filter. Returns true if it does.

Parameters:
name -
filter -
Returns:
true if there is a match

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