Package org.eclipse.ui.keys

Class CharacterKey

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

org.eclipse.ui.keys.NaturalKey

org.eclipse.ui.keys.CharacterKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

@Deprecated
public final class CharacterKey
extends NaturalKey

Deprecated.

Please use org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeyStroke and org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.KeyLookupFactory

Instances of CharacterKey represent keys on the keyboard which represent unicode characters.

CharacterKey objects are immutable. Clients are not permitted to extend this class.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static CharacterKey	BS	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the backspace key (U+0008).
static CharacterKey	CR	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the carriage return (U+000D) key
static CharacterKey	DEL	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the delete (U+007F) key.
static CharacterKey	ESC	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the escape (U+001B) key.
static CharacterKey	FF	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the form feed (U+000C) key.
static CharacterKey	LF	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the line feed (U+000A) key.
static CharacterKey	NUL	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the null (U+0000) key.
static CharacterKey	SPACE	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the space (U+0020) key.
static CharacterKey	TAB	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the tab (U+0009) key.
static CharacterKey	VT	Deprecated. The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the vertical tab (U+000B) key.

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

key

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
char	getCharacter()	Deprecated. Gets the character that this object represents.
static CharacterKey	getInstance(char character)	Deprecated. Creates an instance of CharacterKey given a unicode character.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.keys.Key

compareTo, equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BS

public static final CharacterKey BS

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the backspace key (U+0008).

CR

public static final CharacterKey CR

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the carriage return (U+000D) key

DEL

public static final CharacterKey DEL

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the delete (U+007F) key.

ESC

public static final CharacterKey ESC

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the escape (U+001B) key.

FF

public static final CharacterKey FF

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the form feed (U+000C) key.

LF

public static final CharacterKey LF

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the line feed (U+000A) key.

NUL

public static final CharacterKey NUL

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the null (U+0000) key.

SPACE

public static final CharacterKey SPACE

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the space (U+0020) key.

TAB

public static final CharacterKey TAB

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the tab (U+0009) key.

VT

public static final CharacterKey VT

Deprecated.

The single static instance of CharacterKey which represents the vertical tab (U+000B) key.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static CharacterKey getInstance(char character)

Deprecated.

Creates an instance of CharacterKey given a unicode character. This method determines the correct name for the key based on character. Typically, this name is a string of one-character in length equal to the character that this instance represents.

Parameters:

character - the character that the resultant CharacterKey instance is to represent.

Returns:

an instance of CharacterKey representing the character.

getCharacter

public char getCharacter()

Deprecated.

Gets the character that this object represents.

Returns:

the character that this object represents.