Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.jface.text
Interface ILineTrackerExtension

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractLineTracker

public interface ILineTrackerExtension

Extension interface for ILineTracker. Adds the concept of rewrite sessions. A rewrite session is a sequence of replace operations that form a semantic unit.

Since:
3.1

Method Summary
 void startRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSession session)
          Tells the line tracker that a rewrite session started.
 void stopRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSession session, String text)
          Tells the line tracker that the rewrite session has finished.
 

Method Detail

startRewriteSession

public void startRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSession session)
                         throws IllegalStateException
Tells the line tracker that a rewrite session started. A rewrite session is a sequence of replace operations that form a semantic unit. The line tracker is allowed to use that information for internal optimization.

Parameters:
session - the rewrite session
Throws:
IllegalStateException - in case there is already an active rewrite session

stopRewriteSession

public void stopRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSession session,
                               String text)
Tells the line tracker that the rewrite session has finished. This method is only called when startRewriteSession has been called before. The text resulting from the rewrite session is passed to the line tracker.

Parameters:
session - the rewrite session
text - the text with which to re-initialize the line tracker

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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