Package org.eclipse.ui
Interface IEditorMatchingStrategy
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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 duringIWorkbenchPage.openEditor(IEditorInput, String, boolean)
andIWorkbenchPage.findEditor(IEditorInput)
.- Since:
- 3.1
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 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.
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Method Detail
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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 againstinput
- the editor input to match- Returns:
true
if the editor matches the given editor input,false
if it does not match
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