Package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor

Interface IDocumentProviderExtension4

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractDocumentProvider, FileDocumentProvider, ForwardingDocumentProvider, StorageDocumentProvider, TextFileDocumentProvider, TextFileDocumentProvider.NullProvider
public interface IDocumentProviderExtension4
Extension interface for IDocumentProvider. Extends a document provider with the ability to query the content type of a given element.

This interface may be implemented by clients.

Since:
3.1
See Also:

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    IContentType
    getContentType(Object element)
    Returns the content type of for the given element or null if none could be determined.

  • Method Details

    • getContentType

      IContentType getContentType(Object element) throws CoreException
      Returns the content type of for the given element or null if none could be determined. If the element's document can be saved, the returned content type is determined by the document's current content.
      Parameters:
      element - the element
      Returns:
      the content type or null
      Throws:
      CoreException - if reading or accessing the underlying store fails