TabsToSpacesConverter (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jface.text.TabsToSpacesConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAutoEditStrategy
```
public class TabsToSpacesConverter
extends Object
implements IAutoEditStrategy
```
Auto edit strategy that converts tabs into spaces.
Clients usually instantiate and configure this class but can also extend it in their own subclass.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

TabsToSpacesConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`customizeDocumentCommand(IDocument document, DocumentCommand command)`	Allows the strategy to manipulate the document command.
`void`	`setDeleteSpacesAsTab(boolean enabled)`
`void`	`setLineTracker(ILineTracker lineTracker)`
`void`	`setNumberOfSpacesPerTab(int ratio)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - TabsToSpacesConverter
```
public TabsToSpacesConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - setNumberOfSpacesPerTab
```
public void setNumberOfSpacesPerTab(int ratio)
```
  - setDeleteSpacesAsTab
```
public void setDeleteSpacesAsTab(boolean enabled)
```
    Parameters:
    
    enabled - if true, spaces deletion will be modified to match tabs behavior
    
    Since:
    
    3.16
  - setLineTracker
```
public void setLineTracker(ILineTracker lineTracker)
```
  - customizeDocumentCommand
```
public void customizeDocumentCommand(IDocument document,
                                     DocumentCommand command)
```
    Description copied from interface: IAutoEditStrategy
    
    Allows the strategy to manipulate the document command.
    
    Specified by:
    
    customizeDocumentCommand in interface IAutoEditStrategy
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - the document that will be changed
    
    command - the document command describing the change