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-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- *
- * Contributors:
- * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.core.variables;
-
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
-
-/**
- * Registry for string variables.
- * @since 3.0
- * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
- */
-public interface IStringVariableManager {
-
- /**
- * Simple identifier constant (value <code>"dynamicVariables"</code>) for the
- * dynamic variables extension point.
- */
- public static final String EXTENSION_POINT_DYNAMIC_VARIABLES = "dynamicVariables"; //$NON-NLS-1$
-
- /**
- * Simple identifier constant (value <code>"valueVariables"</code>) for the
- * value variables extension point.
- */
- public static final String EXTENSION_POINT_VALUE_VARIABLES = "valueVariables"; //$NON-NLS-1$
-
- /**
- * Returns all registered variables.
- *
- * @return a collection of all registered variables
- */
- public IStringVariable[] getVariables();
-
- /**
- * Returns all registered value variables.
- *
- * @return a collection of all registered value variables
- */
- public IValueVariable[] getValueVariables();
-
- /**
- * Returns the value variable with the given name, or <code>null</code>
- * if none.
- *
- * @param name variable name
- * @return the value variable with the given name, or <code>null</code>
- * if none
- */
- public IValueVariable getValueVariable(String name);
-
- /**
- * Returns all registered dynamic variables.
- *
- * @return a collection of all registered dynamic variables
- */
- public IDynamicVariable[] getDynamicVariables();
-
- /**
- * Returns the dynamic variable with the given name or <code>null</code>
- * if none.
- *
- * @param name variable name
- * @return the dynamic variable with the given name or <code>null</code>
- * if none
- */
- public IDynamicVariable getDynamicVariable(String name);
-
- /**
- * Returns the plug-in identifier of the plug-in that contributed the
- * given variable via extension or <code>null</code> if the given
- * variable wasn't contributed via extension.
- *
- * @param variable the variable
- * @return the plug-in identifier of the plug-in that contributed the
- * given variable or <code>null</code>
- * @since 3.1
- */
- public String getContributingPluginId(IStringVariable variable);
-
- /**
- * Recursively resolves and replaces all variable references in the given
- * expression with their corresponding values. Reports errors for references
- * to undefined variables (equivalent to calling
- * <code>performStringSubstitution(expression, true)</code>).
- *
- * @param expression expression referencing variables
- * @return expression with variable references replaced with variable values
- * @throws CoreException if unable to resolve the value of one or more variables
- */
- public String performStringSubstitution(String expression) throws CoreException;
-
- /**
- * Recursively resolves and replaces all variable references in the given
- * expression with their corresponding values. Allows the client to control
- * whether references to undefined variables are reported as an error (i.e.
- * an exception is thrown).
- *
- * @param expression expression referencing variables
- * @param reportUndefinedVariables whether a reference to an undefined variable
- * is to be considered an error (i.e. throw an exception)
- * @return expression with variable references replaced with variable values
- * @throws CoreException if unable to resolve the value of one or more variables
- */
- public String performStringSubstitution(String expression, boolean reportUndefinedVariables) throws CoreException;
-
- /**
- * Validates variables references in the given expression and reports errors
- * for references to undefined variables.
- *
- * @param expression expression referencing variables
- * @throws CoreException if one or more referenced variables do not exist
- */
- public void validateStringVariables(String expression) throws CoreException;
-
- /**
- * Returns a new read-write value variable with the given name and description
- * with a <code>null</code> value.
- *
- * @param name variable name, cannot be <code>null</code>
- * @param description variable description, possibly <code>null</code>
- * @return a new value variable
- */
- public IValueVariable newValueVariable(String name, String description);
-
- /**
- * Returns a new value variable with the given properties.
- *
- * @param name variable name, cannot be <code>null</code>
- * @param description variable description, possibly <code>null</code>
- * @param readOnly whether this variable is to be a read only variable
- * @param value the string value to initialize this variable to - should
- * not be <code>null</code> for read-only variables
- * @return a new value variable
- * @since 3.3
- */
- public IValueVariable newValueVariable(String name, String description, boolean readOnly, String value);
-
- /**
- * Adds the given variables to the variable registry.
- *
- * @param variables the variables to add
- * @throws CoreException if one or more variables to add has a name collision with
- * an existing variable
- */
- public void addVariables(IValueVariable[] variables) throws CoreException;
-
- /**
- * Removes the given variables from the registry. Has no effect for unregistered
- * variables.
- *
- * @param variables variables to remove
- */
- public void removeVariables(IValueVariable[] variables);
-
- /**
- * Registers the given listener for value variable notifications. Has no effect
- * if an identical listener is already registered.
- *
- * @param listener value variable listener to add
- */
- public void addValueVariableListener(IValueVariableListener listener);
-
- /**
- * Removes the given listener from the list of registered value variable
- * listeners. Has no effect if an identical listener is not already registered.
- *
- * @param listener value variable listener to remove
- */
- public void removeValueVariableListener(IValueVariableListener listener);
-
- /**
- * Convenience method that returns an expression referencing the given
- * variable and optional argument. For example, calling the method with
- * a <code>varName</code> of <code>my_var</code> and an <code>argument</code>
- * of <code>my_arg</code> results in the string <code>$(my_var:my_arg}</code>.
- *
- * @param varName variable name
- * @param arg argument text or <code>null</code>
- * @return an expression referencing the given variable and
- * optional argument
- */
- public String generateVariableExpression(String varName, String arg);
-
-}

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