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package org.eclipse.core.runtime.content;

import java.util.EventObject;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.IScopeContext;

/**
 * The content type manager provides facilities for file name and content-based
 * type lookup and content description.
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentTypeMatcher
 * @since 3.0
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface IContentTypeManager extends IContentTypeMatcher {

	/**
	 * An event object which describes the details of a change to a
	 * content type.
	 * <p>
	 * Types of changes include a change in the file associations or
	 * a change in the encoding setting.
	 * </p>
	 */
	public final class ContentTypeChangeEvent extends EventObject {
		/**
		 * All serializable objects should have a stable serialVersionUID
		 */
		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
		/*
		 * The context for the setting that changed.
		 *
		 * @since 3.1
		 */
		private IScopeContext context;

		/**
		 * Constructor for a new content type change event.
		 *
		 * @param source the content type that changed
		 */
		public ContentTypeChangeEvent(IContentType source) {
			super(source);
		}

		/**
		 * Constructor for a new content type change event.
		 *
		 * @param source the content type that changed
		 * @param context the context where a setting changed, or <code>null</code>
		 * @since 3.1
		 */
		public ContentTypeChangeEvent(IContentType source, IScopeContext context) {
			super(source);
			this.context = context;
		}

		/**
		 * Return the content type object associated with this change event.
		 *
		 * @return the content type
		 */
		public IContentType getContentType() {
			return (IContentType) source;
		}

		/**
		 * Return the preference scope where the setting changed, or
		 * <code>null</code>, if the change happened in the content type manager
		 * default context.
		 *
		 * @return the context where the change happened, or <code>null</code>
		 * @since 3.1
		 */
		public IScopeContext getContext() {
			return context;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * A listener to be used to receive content type change events.
	 * <p>
	 * Clients who reference the <code>org.eclipse.core.resources</code>
	 * bundle are encouraged <em>not</em> to use this listener mechanism to
	 * detect encoding changes. The Core Resources bundle will
	 * detect changes to content types and notify clients appropriately
	 * of potential changes to the encoding of files in the workspace
	 * via the resource change mechanism.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * Clients may implement this interface.
	 * </p>
	 */
	public interface IContentTypeChangeListener {

		/**
		 * Notification that a content type has changed in the content type manager.
		 * The given event object contains the content type which changed and must not
		 * be <code>null</code>.
		 *
		 * @param event the content type change event
		 */
		public void contentTypeChanged(ContentTypeChangeEvent event);
	}

	/**
	 * A policy for refining the set of content types that
	 * should be accepted during content type matching operations.
	 * <p>
	 * Clients may implement this interface.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @see IContentTypeManager#getMatcher(IContentTypeManager.ISelectionPolicy, IScopeContext)
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public interface ISelectionPolicy {
		/**
		 * Returns a subset of the given content types sorted by using a custom criterion.
		 * <p>
		 * The given array of content types has already been sorted using
		 * the platform rules. If this object follows the same rules, further sorting
		 * is not necessary.
		 * </p>
		 * <p>
		 * The type of matching being performed (name, contents or name + contents)
		 * might affect the outcome for this method. For instance, for file name-only
		 * matching, the more general type could have higher priority. For content-based
		 * matching,  the more specific content type could be preferred instead.
		 * </p>
		 *
		 * @param candidates an array containing content types matching some query
		 * @param fileName whether it is a file name-based content type matching
		 * @param content whether its a content-based content type matching
		 * @return an array of content types
		 */
		IContentType[] select(IContentType[] candidates, boolean fileName, boolean content);
	}

	/**
	 * Content type identifier constant for platform's primary
	 * text-based content type: <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.text</code>.
	 * <p>
	 * All text-based content types ought to be sub types of the content type
	 * identified by this string. This provides a simple way for detecting
	 * whether a content type is text-based:
	 * <pre>
	 * IContentType text = Platform.getContentTypeManager().getContentType(IContentTypeManager.CT_TEXT);
	 * IContentType someType = ...;
	 * boolean isTextBased = someType.isKindOf(text);
	 * </pre>
	 * </p>
	 */
	public final static String CT_TEXT = "org.eclipse.core.runtime.text"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Register the given listener for notification of content type changes.
	 * Calling this method multiple times with the same listener has no effect. The
	 * given listener argument must not be <code>null</code>.
	 *
	 * @param listener the content type change listener to register
	 * @see #removeContentTypeChangeListener(IContentTypeManager.IContentTypeChangeListener)
	 * @see IContentTypeManager.IContentTypeChangeListener
	 */
	public void addContentTypeChangeListener(IContentTypeChangeListener listener);

	/**
	 * Returns all content types known by the platform.
	 * <p>
	 * Returns an empty array if there are no content types available.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @return all content types known by the platform.
	 */
	public IContentType[] getAllContentTypes();

	/**
	 * Returns the content type with the given identifier, or <code>null</code>
	 * if no such content type is known by the platform.
	 *
	 * @param contentTypeIdentifier the identifier for the content type
	 * @return the content type, or <code>null</code>
	 */
	public IContentType getContentType(String contentTypeIdentifier);

	/**
	 * Returns a newly created content type matcher using the given content type selection policy
	 * and preference scope. If the preference scope is <code>null</code>, the default scope
	 * is used.
	 *
	 * @param customPolicy a selection policy
	 * @param context a user preference context to be used by the matcher, or <code>null</code>
	 * @return a content type matcher that uses the given policy
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public IContentTypeMatcher getMatcher(ISelectionPolicy customPolicy, IScopeContext context);

	/**
	 * De-register the given listener from receiving notification of content type changes.
	 * Calling this method multiple times with the same listener has no
	 * effect. The given listener argument must not be <code>null</code>.
	 *
	 * @param listener the content type change listener to remove
	 * @see #addContentTypeChangeListener(IContentTypeManager.IContentTypeChangeListener)
	 * @see IContentTypeManager.IContentTypeChangeListener
	 */
	public void removeContentTypeChangeListener(IContentTypeChangeListener listener);

	/**
	 * Adds a new content-type to the registry. The content-type identifier
	 * mustn't be used by any existing content-type.
	 *
	 * @param contentTypeIdentifier
	 *            the non-null content-type id
	 * @param name
	 *            the non-null user readable name
	 * @param baseType
	 *            parent base type. May be null, indicating that there is no
	 *            base type.
	 * @return the newly created and registered content-type
	 * @throws CoreException
	 *             If the type was not added due to an internal error.
	 * @since 3.6
	 */
	public IContentType addContentType(String contentTypeIdentifier, String name, IContentType baseType)
			throws CoreException;

	/**
	 * Removes a content-type from underlying registry.
	 *
	 * The content-type must be a content-type that was previously defined with
	 * the {@link #addContentType(String, String, IContentType)} on the same
	 * IContentTypeManager. Content-types defined via extension point cannot be
	 * removed from the registry.
	 *
	 * @param contentTypeIdentifier
	 *            the identifier of the content-type to remove. If no
	 *            user-defined content-type exists for this identifier, the
	 *            method returns changing nothing and will not throw an
	 *            exception.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
	 *             if the target content-type was not created by user.
	 * @throws CoreException
	 *             if an internal error prevented the content-type from being
	 *             removed.
	 * @since 3.6
	 */
	public void removeContentType(String contentTypeIdentifier) throws CoreException;
}