ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter
- - org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable, EventListener, VerifyKeyListener, KeyListener, SWTEventListener

Enclosing class:

ContentAssistant
```
protected class ContentAssistant.AutoAssistListener
extends KeyAdapter
implements Runnable, VerifyKeyListener
```
An implementation of IContentAssistListener, this class is used to monitor key events in support of automatic activation of the content assistant. If enabled, the implementation utilizes a thread to watch for input characters matching the activation characters specified by the content assist processor, and if detected, will wait the indicated delay interval before activating the content assistant.

Since:

3.4 protected, was added in 2.1 as private class

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AutoAssistListener()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`keyPressed(KeyEvent e)`	Sent when a key is pressed on the system keyboard.
`protected void`	`reset(int showStyle)`
`void`	`run()`
`protected void`	`showAssist(int showStyle)`
`protected void`	`start(int showStyle)`
`protected void`	`stop()`
`void`	`verifyKey(VerifyEvent event)`	The following event fields are used: event.character is the character that was typed (input) event.keyCode is the key code that was typed (input) event.stateMask is the state of the keyboard (input) event.doit is processed or not (output)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyAdapter
keyReleased

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AutoAssistListener
```
protected AutoAssistListener()
```
- Method Detail
  - start
```
protected void start(int showStyle)
```
  - run
```
public void run()
```
    Specified by:
    
    run in interface Runnable
  - reset
```
protected void reset(int showStyle)
```
  - stop
```
protected void stop()
```
  - keyPressed
```
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
```
    Description copied from class: KeyAdapter
    
    Sent when a key is pressed on the system keyboard. The default behavior is to do nothing.
    
    Specified by:
    
    keyPressed in interface KeyListener
    
    Overrides:
    
    keyPressed in class KeyAdapter
    
    Parameters:
    
    e - an event containing information about the key press
  - verifyKey
```
public void verifyKey(VerifyEvent event)
```
    Description copied from interface: VerifyKeyListener
    The following event fields are used:
    
    event.character is the character that was typed (input)
    
    event.keyCode is the key code that was typed (input)
    
    event.stateMask is the state of the keyboard (input)
    
    event.doit is processed or not (output)
    Specified by:
    
    verifyKey in interface VerifyKeyListener
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - the verify event
    
    See Also:
    
    VerifyEvent
  - showAssist
```
protected void showAssist(int showStyle)
```