Package org.eclipse.ui.ide.dialogs

Class AbstractEncodingFieldEditor

java.lang.Object
org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditor
org.eclipse.ui.ide.dialogs.AbstractEncodingFieldEditor
Direct Known Subclasses:
EncodingFieldEditor, ResourceEncodingFieldEditor
public abstract class AbstractEncodingFieldEditor extends FieldEditor
The abstract superclass of field editors used to set an encoding. Any user entered encodings will be added to the list of encodings available via IDEEncoding.

Subclasses may extend, but must call createEncodingGroup during doFillIntoGrid.

Since:
3.1
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • AbstractEncodingFieldEditor

      protected AbstractEncodingFieldEditor()
      Creates a new encoding field editor with no settings set.

    • AbstractEncodingFieldEditor

      protected AbstractEncodingFieldEditor(String name, String labelText, Composite parent)
      Creates a new encoding field editor with the given preference name, label and parent.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the preference this field editor works on
      labelText - the label text of the field editor
      parent - the parent of the field editor's control

    • AbstractEncodingFieldEditor

      protected AbstractEncodingFieldEditor(String name, String labelText, String groupTitle, Composite parent)
      Creates a new encoding field editor with the given preference name, label and parent.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the preference this field editor works on
      labelText - the label text of the field editor
      groupTitle - the title for the field editor's control. If groupTitle is null the control will be unlabelled (by default a Composite instead of a Group.
      parent - the parent of the field editor's control
      Since:
      3.3
      See Also:

  • Method Details

    • adjustForNumColumns

      protected void adjustForNumColumns(int numColumns)
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Adjusts the horizontal span of this field editor's basic controls.

      Subclasses must implement this method to adjust the horizontal span of controls so they appear correct in the given number of columns.

      The number of columns will always be equal to or greater than the value returned by this editor's getNumberOfControls method.

      Specified by:
      adjustForNumColumns in class FieldEditor
      Parameters:
      numColumns - the number of columns

    • doFillIntoGrid

      protected void doFillIntoGrid(Composite parent, int numColumns)
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Fills this field editor's basic controls into the given parent.

      Subclasses must implement this method to create the controls for this field editor.

      Note this method may be called by the constructor, so it must not access fields on the receiver object because they will not be fully initialized.

      Specified by:
      doFillIntoGrid in class FieldEditor
      Parameters:
      parent - the composite used as a parent for the basic controls; the parent's layout must be a GridLayout
      numColumns - the number of columns

    • doLoad

      protected void doLoad()
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Initializes this field editor with the preference value from the preference store.

      Subclasses must implement this method to properly initialize the field editor.

      Specified by:
      doLoad in class FieldEditor

    • getStoredValue

      protected abstract String getStoredValue()
      Returns the value that is currently stored for the encoding.
      Returns:
      the currently stored encoding

    • doLoadDefault

      protected void doLoadDefault()
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Initializes this field editor with the default preference value from the preference store.

      Subclasses must implement this method to properly initialize the field editor.

      Specified by:
      doLoadDefault in class FieldEditor

    • getNumberOfControls

      public int getNumberOfControls()
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Returns the number of basic controls this field editor consists of.
      Specified by:
      getNumberOfControls in class FieldEditor
      Returns:
      the number of controls

    • isValid

      public boolean isValid()
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Returns whether this field editor contains a valid value.

      The default implementation of this framework method returns true. Subclasses wishing to perform validation should override both this method and refreshValidState.

      Overrides:
      isValid in class FieldEditor
      Returns:
      true if the field value is valid, and false if invalid
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    • refreshValidState

      protected void refreshValidState()
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Refreshes this field editor's valid state after a value change and fires an IS_VALID property change event if warranted.

      The default implementation of this framework method does nothing. Subclasses wishing to perform validation should override both this method and isValid.

      Overrides:
      refreshValidState in class FieldEditor
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    • setPreferenceStore

      public void setPreferenceStore(IPreferenceStore store)
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Sets the preference store used by this field editor.
      Overrides:
      setPreferenceStore in class FieldEditor
      Parameters:
      store - the preference store, or null if none
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    • createEncodingGroup

      protected Composite createEncodingGroup(Composite parent, int numColumns)
      Creates a composite with all the encoding controls.

      Subclasses may extend.

      Parameters:
      parent - the parent widget
      numColumns - the number of columns in the parent
      Returns:
      the group control

    • setEnabled

      public void setEnabled(boolean enabled, Composite parent)
      Description copied from class: FieldEditor
      Set whether or not the controls in the field editor are enabled.
      Overrides:
      setEnabled in class FieldEditor
      Parameters:
      enabled - The enabled state.
      parent - The parent of the controls in the group. Used to create the controls if required.

    • findDefaultEncoding

      protected String findDefaultEncoding()
      Returns the default encoding for the object being shown.
      Returns:
      the default encoding for the object being shown

    • defaultButtonText

      protected String defaultButtonText()
      Returns the text for the default encoding button.
      Returns:
      the text for the default encoding button

    • getSelectedEncoding

      protected String getSelectedEncoding()
      Returns the currently selected encoding.
      Returns:
      the currently selected encoding

    • getDefaultEnc

      protected String getDefaultEnc()
      Returns the default encoding.
      Returns:
      the default encoding

    • hasSameEncoding

      protected boolean hasSameEncoding(String encodingSetting)
      Returns whether or not the encoding setting changed.
      Parameters:
      encodingSetting - the setting from the page.
      Returns:
      boolean true if the resource encoding is the same as before.

    • setGroupTitle

      public void setGroupTitle(String groupTitle)
      Set the title of the group to groupTitle. If this is not called a default title is used. If groupTitle is null the control will be unlabelled (by default a Composite instead of a Group. NOTE this value must be set before FieldEditor.createControl(Composite) is called or it will be ignored.
      Parameters:
      groupTitle - The groupTitle to set.
      Since:
      3.3