Package org.eclipse.ui

Interface IEditorMatchingStrategy

public interface IEditorMatchingStrategy
An editor matching strategy allows editor extensions to provide their own algorithm for matching the input of an open editor of that type to a given editor input. This is used to find a matching editor during IWorkbenchPage.openEditor(IEditorInput, String, boolean) and IWorkbenchPage.findEditor(IEditorInput).
Since:
3.1

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    matches(IEditorReference editorRef, IEditorInput input)
    Returns whether the editor represented by the given editor reference matches the given editor input.

  • Method Details

    • matches

      boolean matches(IEditorReference editorRef, IEditorInput input)
      Returns whether the editor represented by the given editor reference matches the given editor input.

      Implementations should inspect the given editor input first, and try to reject it early before calling IEditorReference.getEditorInput(), since that method may be expensive.

      Parameters:
      editorRef - the editor reference to match against
      input - the editor input to match
      Returns:
      true if the editor matches the given editor input, false if it does not match