IEditableContentExtension (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentRangeNode, ResourceNode, StructureRootNode
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public interface IEditableContentExtension
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Extends the IEditableContent interface to support validate edit. Clients should only use this interface if they obtained the content from an IStreamContentAccessor. If content was obtained through an ISharedDocumentAdapter then validation should be performed through the IDocumentProviderExtension interface.

Since:

3.3

See Also:

IWorkspace.validateEdit(org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile[], Object)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isReadOnly()`	Return whether the typed element being displayed is read-only. a read-only element will require a call to validateEdit before the element can be modified on disk.
`IStatus`	`validateEdit(Shell shell)`	If the element is read-only, this method should be called to attempt to make it writable.

- Method Detail
  - isReadOnly
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boolean isReadOnly()
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    Return whether the typed element being displayed is read-only. a read-only element will require a call to validateEdit before the element can be modified on disk.
    
    Returns:
    
    whether the typed element is read-only
  - validateEdit
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IStatus validateEdit(Shell shell)
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    If the element is read-only, this method should be called to attempt to make it writable.
    
    Parameters:
    
    shell - a shell used to prompt the user if required.
    
    Returns:
    
    a status object that is OK if things are fine, otherwise a status describing reasons why modifying the given files is not reasonable. A status with a severity of CANCEL is returned if the validation was canceled, indicating the edit should not proceed.