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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/contentassist/IContentAssistProcessor.java b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/contentassist/IContentAssistProcessor.java index 42ab49a8502..04d9e6b8c46 100644 --- a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/contentassist/IContentAssistProcessor.java +++ b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/contentassist/IContentAssistProcessor.java @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /******************************************************************************* - * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. + * Copyright (c) 2000, 2021 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation + * Christoph Läubrich - Bug 508821 - [Content assist] More flexible API in IContentAssistProcessor to decide whether to auto-activate or not *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist; @@ -17,16 +18,29 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextViewer; /** - * A content assist processor proposes completions and - * computes context information for a particular content type. - * A content assist processor is a {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.IContentAssistant} - * plug-in. + * A content assist processor proposes completions and computes context information for a particular + * content type. A content assist processor is a + * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.IContentAssistant} plug-in. * <p> - * This interface must be implemented by clients. Implementers should be - * registered with a content assistant in order to get involved in the - * assisting process. + * This interface must be implemented by clients. Implementers should be registered with a content + * assistant in order to get involved in the assisting process. * </p> -*/ + * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of <code>IContentAssistProcessor</code>, + * extension interfaces are used to provide a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces + * exist: + * </p> + * <ul> + * <li>{@link org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.IContentAssistProcessorExtension} since version + * 3.17 introducing the following functions: + * <ul> + * <li>isCompletionProposalAutoActivation(char, ITextViewer, int) providing context information when + * calculating auto activation</li> + * <li>isContextInformationAutoActivation(char, ITextViewer, int) providing context information when + * calculating auto activation</li> + * </ul> + * </li> + * </ul> + */ public interface IContentAssistProcessor { /** |