Package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor

Class ContentAssistAction

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction

org.eclipse.jface.action.Action

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ResourceAction

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.TextEditorAction

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ContentAssistAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAction, IUpdate

public final class ContentAssistAction
extends TextEditorAction

A content assist action which gets its target from its text editor.

The action is initially associated with a text editor via the constructor, but can subsequently be changed using setEditor.

If this class is used as is, it works by asking the text editor for its text operation target (using getAdapter(ITextOperationTarget.class) and runs the content assist operation on this target.

Since:

2.0

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

Constructor	Description
ContentAssistAction(ResourceBundle bundle, String prefix, ITextEditor editor)	Creates and initializes the action for the given text editor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	run()	Runs the content assist operation on the editor's text operation target.
void	setEditor(ITextEditor editor)	Retargets this action to the given editor.
void	update()	The ContentAssistAction implementation of this IUpdate method discovers the operation through the current editor's ITextOperationTarget adapter, and sets the enabled state accordingly.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.TextEditorAction

canModifyEditor, getTextEditor, validateEditorInputState

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ResourceAction

getString, initialize, setHelpContextId

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, runWithEvent, 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

Constructor Details

ContentAssistAction

public ContentAssistAction(ResourceBundle bundle,
 String prefix,
 ITextEditor editor)

Creates and initializes the action for the given text editor. The action configures its visual representation from the given resource bundle. The action works by asking the text editor at the time for its text operation target adapter (using getAdapter(ITextOperationTarget.class). The action runs the content assist operation on this target.

Parameters:

bundle - the resource bundle

prefix - a prefix to be prepended to the various resource keys (described in ResourceAction constructor), or null if none

editor - the text editor

See Also:

• ResourceAction(ResourceBundle, String)

Method Details

run

public void run()

Runs the content assist operation on the editor's text operation target.

Specified by:

run in interface IAction

Overrides:

run in class Action

See Also:

• How radio buttons are handled
• How check boxes are handled

update

public void update()

The ContentAssistAction implementation of this IUpdate method discovers the operation through the current editor's ITextOperationTarget adapter, and sets the enabled state accordingly.

Specified by:

update in interface IUpdate

Overrides:

update in class TextEditorAction

setEditor

public void setEditor(ITextEditor editor)

Description copied from class: TextEditorAction

Retargets this action to the given editor.

Overrides:

setEditor in class TextEditorAction

Parameters:

editor - the new editor, or null if none

See Also:

• TextEditorAction.setEditor(ITextEditor)