Package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor

Class DocumentProviderRegistry

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.DocumentProviderRegistry

public class DocumentProviderRegistry
extends Object

This registry manages shared document providers. Document providers are specified in plugin.xml either per name extension or per editor input type. A name extension rule always overrules an editor input type rule. Editor input type rules follow the same rules IAdapterManager used to find object adapters.

See Also:

• IAdapterManager

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static DocumentProviderRegistry	getDefault()	Returns the standard document provider registry.
IDocumentProvider	getDocumentProvider(String extension)	Returns a shared document provider for the given name extension.
IDocumentProvider	getDocumentProvider(IEditorInput editorInput)	Returns the shared document for the type of the given editor input.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getDefault

public static DocumentProviderRegistry getDefault()

Returns the standard document provider registry.

Returns:

the default document provider registry

getDocumentProvider

public IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider(String extension)

Returns a shared document provider for the given name extension.

Parameters:

extension - the name extension to be used for lookup

Returns:

the shared document provider or null

getDocumentProvider

public IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider(IEditorInput editorInput)

Returns the shared document for the type of the given editor input.

Parameters:

editorInput - the input for whose type the provider is looked up

Returns:

the shared document provider