Auto edit strategies

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Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (autoEditStrategy)+>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

• point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
• id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
• name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT autoEditStrategy (enabledWhen?)>

<!ATTLIST autoEditStrategy

class       CDATA #REQUIRED

contentType IDREF #REQUIRED>

• class - The fully qualified class name implementing the interface org.eclipse.jface.text.IAutoEditStrategy
• contentType - The target content-type for this extension. Content-types are defined as extension to the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.

<!ELEMENT enabledWhen (not | or | and | instanceof | test | systemTest | equals | count | with | resolve | adapt | iterate | reference)?>

A core Expression that controls the enabled of the given auto edit strategies. The viewer, editor, and editor input are registered in the evaluation context as variable: * : use it if your expression requires the viewer. * : use it if your expression requires the document. * : use it if your expression requires the editor (deprecated, not always set). * : use it if your expression requires the editor input (deprecated, not always set).

Examples:

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.genericeditor.autoEditStrategies">
   <autoEditStrategy
       class="org.eclipse.ui.genericeditor.examples.TargetDefinitionAutoEditStrategy"
       contentType="org.eclipse.pde.targetFile">
      <enabledWhen>
         <with variable="editor">
            <test property="org.eclipse.ui.genericeditor.examples.TargetDefinitionPropertyTester">
            </test>
         </with>
      </enabledWhen>
   </autoEditStrategy>
</extension>

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