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package org.eclipse.jface.text.quickassist;

import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.JFacePreferences;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreator;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ICompletionListener;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.Annotation;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.ISourceViewer;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.ISourceViewerExtension3;


/**
 * An <code>IQuickAssistAssistant</code> provides support for quick fixes and quick
 * assists.
 * The quick assist assistant is a {@link ISourceViewer} add-on. Its
 * purpose is to propose, display, and insert quick assists and quick fixes
 * available at the current source viewer's quick assist invocation context.
 * <p>
 * The quick assist assistant can be configured with a {@link IQuickAssistProcessor}
 * which provides the possible quick assist and quick fix completions.
 * </p>
 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
 * <code>IQuickAssistAssistant</code>, extension interfaces are used to
 * provide a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link IQuickAssistAssistantExtension} since version 3.4 introducing the
 * following function:
 * <ul>
 * 	<li>allows to get a handler for the given command identifier</li>
 * 	<li>allows to enable support for colored labels in the proposal popup</li>
 * </ul>
 * </li>
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * The interface can be implemented by clients. By default, clients use
 * {@link QuickAssistAssistant} as the standard
 * implementer of this interface.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see ISourceViewer
 * @see IQuickAssistProcessor
 * @see IQuickAssistAssistantExtension
 * @since 3.2
 */
 public interface IQuickAssistAssistant {

	/**
	 * Installs quick assist support on the given source viewer.
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Note:</strong> This quick assist assistant will only be able to query the invocation context
	 * if <code>sourceViewer</code> also implements {@link ISourceViewerExtension3}.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param sourceViewer the source viewer on which quick assist will work
	 */
	void install(ISourceViewer sourceViewer);

	/**
	 * Sets the information control creator for the additional information control.
	 *
	 * @param creator the information control creator for the additional information control
	 */
	void setInformationControlCreator(IInformationControlCreator creator);

	/**
	 * Uninstalls quick assist support from the source viewer it has
	 * previously be installed on.
	 */
	void uninstall();

	/**
	 * Shows all possible quick fixes and quick assists at the viewer's cursor position.
	 *
	 * @return an optional error message if no proposals can be computed
	 */
	String showPossibleQuickAssists();

	/**
	 * Registers a given quick assist processor for a particular content type. If there is already
	 * a processor registered, the new processor is registered instead of the old one.
	 *
	 * @param processor the quick assist processor to register, or <code>null</code> to remove
	 *        an existing one
	 */
	void setQuickAssistProcessor(IQuickAssistProcessor processor);

	/**
	 * Returns the quick assist processor to be used for the given content type.
	 *
	 * @return the quick assist processor or <code>null</code> if none exists
	 */
	IQuickAssistProcessor getQuickAssistProcessor();

	/**
	 * Tells whether this assistant has a fix for the given annotation.
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Note:</strong> This test must be fast and optimistic i.e. it is OK to return
	 * <code>true</code> even though there might be no quick fix.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param annotation the annotation
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the assistant has a fix for the given annotation
	 */
	boolean canFix(Annotation annotation);

	/**
	 * Tells whether this assistant has assists for the given invocation context.
	 *
	 * @param invocationContext the invocation context
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the assistant has a fix for the given annotation
	 */
	boolean canAssist(IQuickAssistInvocationContext invocationContext);

	/**
	 * Sets the proposal selector's background color.
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Note:</strong> As of 3.4, you should only call this
	 * method if you want to override the {@link JFacePreferences#CONTENT_ASSIST_BACKGROUND_COLOR}.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param background the background color
	 */
	void setProposalSelectorBackground(Color background);

	/**
	 * Sets the proposal's foreground color.
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Note:</strong> As of 3.4, you should only call this
	 * method if you want to override the {@link JFacePreferences#CONTENT_ASSIST_FOREGROUND_COLOR}.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param foreground the foreground color
	 */
	void setProposalSelectorForeground(Color foreground);

	/**
	 * Adds a completion listener that will be informed before proposals are computed.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener
	 */
	void addCompletionListener(ICompletionListener listener);

	/**
	 * Removes a completion listener.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener to remove
	 */
	void removeCompletionListener(ICompletionListener listener);

	/**
	 * Enables displaying a status line below the proposal popup. The default is not to show the
	 * status line. The contents of the status line may be set via {@link #setStatusMessage(String)}.
	 *
	 * @param show <code>true</code> to show a message line, <code>false</code> to not show one.
	 */
	public void setStatusLineVisible(boolean show);

	/**
	 * Sets the caption message displayed at the bottom of the completion proposal popup.
	 *
	 * @param message the message
	 */
	public void setStatusMessage(String message);

}