DocumentProviderRegistry (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.DocumentProviderRegistry

```
public class DocumentProviderRegistry
extends Object
```
This registry manages shared document providers. Document providers are specified in plugin.xml either per name extension or per editor input type. A name extension rule always overrules an editor input type rule. Editor input type rules follow the same rules IAdapterManager used to find object adapters.

See Also:

IAdapterManager

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static DocumentProviderRegistry`	`getDefault()`	Returns the standard document provider registry.
`IDocumentProvider`	`getDocumentProvider(String extension)`	Returns a shared document provider for the given name extension.
`IDocumentProvider`	`getDocumentProvider(IEditorInput editorInput)`	Returns the shared document for the type of the given editor input.

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

- Method Detail
  - getDefault
```
public static DocumentProviderRegistry getDefault()
```
    Returns the standard document provider registry.
    
    Returns:
    
    the default document provider registry
  - getDocumentProvider
```
public IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider(String extension)
```
    Returns a shared document provider for the given name extension.
    
    Parameters:
    
    extension - the name extension to be used for lookup
    
    Returns:
    
    the shared document provider or null
  - getDocumentProvider
```
public IDocumentProvider getDocumentProvider(IEditorInput editorInput)
```
    Returns the shared document for the type of the given editor input.
    
    Parameters:
    
    editorInput - the input for whose type the provider is looked up
    
    Returns:
    
    the shared document provider