Package org.eclipse.ui
Interface IEditorMatchingStrategy
public interface IEditorMatchingStrategy
An editor matching strategy allows editor extensions to provide their own
algorithm for matching the input of an open editor of that type to a given
editor input. This is used to find a matching editor during
IWorkbenchPage.openEditor(IEditorInput, String, boolean)
and IWorkbenchPage.findEditor(IEditorInput)
.- Since:
- 3.1
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
matches
(IEditorReference editorRef, IEditorInput input) Returns whether the editor represented by the given editor reference matches the given editor input.
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Method Details
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matches
Returns whether the editor represented by the given editor reference matches the given editor input.Implementations should inspect the given editor input first, and try to reject it early before calling
IEditorReference.getEditorInput()
, since that method may be expensive.- Parameters:
editorRef
- the editor reference to match againstinput
- the editor input to match- Returns:
true
if the editor matches the given editor input,false
if it does not match
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