Package org.eclipse.jface.viewers

Class LabelDecorator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.viewers.LabelDecorator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBaseLabelProvider, ILabelDecorator

public abstract class LabelDecorator
extends Object
implements ILabelDecorator

The LabelDecorator is an abstract superclass of ILabelDecorators that support IDecorationContext.

Since:

3.2

See Also:

• IDecorationContext

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LabelDecorator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Image	decorateImage(Image image, Object element, IDecorationContext context)	Returns an image that is based on the given image, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element taking into account the provided context.
abstract String	decorateText(String text, Object element, IDecorationContext context)	Returns a text label that is based on the given text label, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element taking into account the provided context.
abstract boolean	prepareDecoration(Object element, String originalText, IDecorationContext context)	Prepare the element for decoration.

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.viewers.IBaseLabelProvider

addListener, dispose, isLabelProperty, removeListener

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelDecorator

decorateImage, decorateText

Constructor Details

LabelDecorator

public LabelDecorator()

Method Details

decorateImage

public abstract Image decorateImage(Image image,
 Object element,
 IDecorationContext context)

Returns an image that is based on the given image, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element taking into account the provided context. Text and image decoration updates can occur as a result of other updates within the workbench including deferred decoration by background processes. Clients should handle labelProviderChangedEvents for the given element to get the complete decoration.

Parameters:

image - the input image to decorate, or null if the element has no image

element - the element whose image is being decorated

context - additional context information about the element being decorated

Returns:

the decorated image, or null if no decoration is to be applied

See Also:

• LabelProviderChangedEvent
• IBaseLabelProvider.addListener(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProviderListener)
• CompositeImageDescriptor

decorateText

public abstract String decorateText(String text,
 Object element,
 IDecorationContext context)

Returns a text label that is based on the given text label, but decorated with additional information relating to the state of the provided element taking into account the provided context. Text and image decoration updates can occur as a result of other updates within the workbench including deferred decoration by background processes. Clients should handle labelProviderChangedEvents for the given element to get the complete decoration.

Parameters:

text - the input text label to decorate

element - the element whose image is being decorated

context - additional context information about the element being decorated

Returns:

the decorated text label, or null if no decoration is to be applied

See Also:

• LabelProviderChangedEvent
• IBaseLabelProvider.addListener(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProviderListener)

prepareDecoration

public abstract boolean prepareDecoration(Object element,
 String originalText,
 IDecorationContext context)

Prepare the element for decoration. If it is already decorated and ready for update return true. If decoration is pending return false.

Parameters:

element - The element to be decorated

originalText - The starting text.

context - The decoration context

Returns:

boolean true if the decoration is ready for this element