Package org.eclipse.jface.text

Interface IFindReplaceTarget

  • public interface IFindReplaceTarget
    Defines the target for finding and replacing strings.

    The two main methods are findAndSelect and replaceSelection. The target does not provide any way to modify the content other than replacing the selection.

    In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of IFindReplaceTarget, extension interfaces are used as a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:

    • IFindReplaceTargetExtension since version 2.0 introducing the notion of find/replace session and of a find/replace scope. In additions, in allows clients to replace all occurrences of a given find query.
    • IFindReplaceTargetExtension3 since version 3.0 allowing clients to specify search queries as regular expressions.
    • IFindReplaceTargetExtension4 since version 3.19 allowing clients to select multiple text ranges in the target.

    Clients of a IFindReplaceTarget that also implements the IFindReplaceTargetExtension have to indicate the start of a find/replace session before using the target and to indicate the end of the session when the target is no longer used.

    See Also:
    IFindReplaceTargetExtension, IFindReplaceTargetExtension3, IFindReplaceTargetExtension4

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      boolean canPerformFind()
      Returns whether a find operation can be performed.
      int findAndSelect​(int widgetOffset, String findString, boolean searchForward, boolean caseSensitive, boolean wholeWord)
      Searches for a string starting at the given widget offset and using the specified search directives.
      Point getSelection()
      Returns the currently selected range of characters as an offset and length in widget coordinates.
      String getSelectionText()
      Returns the currently selected characters as a string.
      boolean isEditable()
      Returns whether this target can be modified.
      void replaceSelection​(String text)
      Replaces the currently selected range of characters with the given text.

    • Method Detail

      • canPerformFind

        boolean canPerformFind()
        Returns whether a find operation can be performed.
        Returns:
        whether a find operation can be performed

      • findAndSelect

        int findAndSelect​(int widgetOffset,
                  String findString,
                  boolean searchForward,
                  boolean caseSensitive,
                  boolean wholeWord)
        Searches for a string starting at the given widget offset and using the specified search directives. If a string has been found it is selected and its start offset is returned.

        Replaced by IFindReplaceTargetExtension3.findAndSelect(int, String, boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean).

        Parameters:
        widgetOffset - the widget offset at which searching starts
        findString - the string which should be found
        searchForward - true searches forward, false backwards
        caseSensitive - true performs a case sensitive search, false an insensitive search
        wholeWord - if true only occurrences are reported in which the findString stands as a word by itself
        Returns:
        the position of the specified string, or -1 if the string has not been found

      • getSelection

        Point getSelection()
        Returns the currently selected range of characters as an offset and length in widget coordinates.
        Returns:
        the currently selected character range in widget coordinates

      • getSelectionText

        String getSelectionText()
        Returns the currently selected characters as a string.
        Returns:
        the currently selected characters

      • isEditable

        boolean isEditable()
        Returns whether this target can be modified.
        Returns:
        true if target can be modified