org.eclipse.ui.actions

Class BaseSelectionListenerAction

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction

org.eclipse.jface.action.Action

org.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAction, ISelectionChangedListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExportResourcesAction, ImportResourcesAction, ModelParticipantAction, SelectionListenerAction, SynchronizeModelAction

public abstract class BaseSelectionListenerAction
extends Action
implements ISelectionChangedListener

The abstract superclass for actions that listen to selection change events. This implementation tracks the current selection (see getStructuredSelection) and provides a convenient place to monitor selection changes that could affect the availability of the action.

Subclasses must implement the following IAction method:

• run - to do the action's work

Subclasses may extend the updateSelection method to update the action determine its availability based on the current selection.

The object instantiating the subclass is responsible for registering the instance with a selection provider. Alternatively, the object can notify the subclass instance directly of a selection change using the methods:

• selectionChanged(IStructuredSelection) - passing the selection
• selectionChanged(ISelectionChangedEvent) - passing the selection change event

Since:

3.0

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

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	BaseSelectionListenerAction(String text) Creates a new action with the given text.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	clearCache() Clears any cached state associated with the selection.
IStructuredSelection	getStructuredSelection() Returns the current structured selection in the workbench, or an empty selection if nothing is selected or if selection does not include objects (for example, raw text).
void	runWithEvent(Event event) The default implementation of this IAction method ignores the event argument, and simply calls run().
void	selectionChanged(IStructuredSelection selection) Notifies this action that the given structured selection has changed.
void	selectionChanged(SelectionChangedEvent event) The BaseSelectionListenerAction implementation of this ISelectionChangedListener method calls selectionChanged(IStructuredSelection) assuming the selection is a structured one.
protected boolean	updateSelection(IStructuredSelection selection) Updates this action in response to the given selection.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.Action

convertAccelerator, convertAccelerator, findKeyCode, findKeyString, findModifier, findModifierString, getAccelerator, getActionDefinitionId, getDescription, getDisabledImageDescriptor, getHelpListener, getHoverImageDescriptor, getId, getImageDescriptor, getMenuCreator, getStyle, getText, getToolTipText, isChecked, isEnabled, isHandled, notifyResult, removeAcceleratorText, removeMnemonics, run, setAccelerator, setActionDefinitionId, setChecked, setDescription, setDisabledImageDescriptor, setEnabled, setHelpListener, setHoverImageDescriptor, setId, setImageDescriptor, setMenuCreator, setText, setToolTipText

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction

addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Constructor Detail

BaseSelectionListenerAction

protected BaseSelectionListenerAction(String text)

Creates a new action with the given text.

Parameters:

text - the string used as the text for the action, or null if there is no text

Method Detail

clearCache

protected void clearCache()

Clears any cached state associated with the selection. Called when the selection changes.

The BaseSelectionListenerAction implementation of this method does nothing. Subclasses may override.

getStructuredSelection

public IStructuredSelection getStructuredSelection()

Returns the current structured selection in the workbench, or an empty selection if nothing is selected or if selection does not include objects (for example, raw text).

Returns:

the current structured selection in the workbench

selectionChanged

public final void selectionChanged(IStructuredSelection selection)

Notifies this action that the given structured selection has changed.

The BaseSelectionListenerAction implementation of this method records the given selection for future reference and calls updateSelection, updating the enable state of this action based on the outcome. Subclasses should override updateSelection to react to selection changes.

Parameters:

selection - the new selection

selectionChanged

public final void selectionChanged(SelectionChangedEvent event)

The BaseSelectionListenerAction implementation of this ISelectionChangedListener method calls selectionChanged(IStructuredSelection) assuming the selection is a structured one. Subclasses should override the updateSelection method to react to selection changes.

Specified by:

selectionChanged in interface ISelectionChangedListener

Parameters:

event - event object describing the change

updateSelection

protected boolean updateSelection(IStructuredSelection selection)

Updates this action in response to the given selection.

The BaseSelectionListenerAction implementation of this method returns true. Subclasses may extend to react to selection changes; however, if the super method returns false, the overriding method must also return false.

Parameters:

selection - the new selection

Returns:

true if the action should be enabled for this selection, and false otherwise

runWithEvent

public void runWithEvent(Event event)

Description copied from class: Action

The default implementation of this IAction method ignores the event argument, and simply calls run(). Subclasses should override this method if they need information from the triggering event, or override run() if not.

Specified by:

runWithEvent in interface IAction

Overrides:

runWithEvent in class Action

Parameters:

event - the SWT event which triggered this action being run