Package org.eclipse.mat.ui.snapshot.panes.oql.contentAssist

Interface ContextExtractor

All Known Implementing Classes:
AttributeExtractor, ClassNameExtractor
public interface ContextExtractor
A ContextExtractor extract the part of the current TextViewer that is the prefix of of the String. The String provided by implementations of this interface are used to reduce the amount of results provided by content assist.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    getPrefix(ITextViewer source, int currentPosition)
    Given the TextViewer and the position, it scans the content backwards to extract the prefix for the content assist

  • Method Details

    • getPrefix

      String getPrefix(ITextViewer source, int currentPosition)
      Given the TextViewer and the position, it scans the content backwards to extract the prefix for the content assist
      Parameters:
      source -
      currentPosition -
      Returns:
      what has been typed before the current position and should be used to filter the content assistance.