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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.jface.text
Class TextUtilities


java.lang.Object
  extended by 
org.eclipse.jface.text.TextUtilities

public class TextUtilities
extends Object

A collection of text functions.

This class is neither intended to be instantiated nor subclassed.

Restriction:
This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
Restriction:
This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Field Summary
static  String[] DELIMITERS
          Default line delimiters used by the text functions of this class.
static  String[] fgDelimiters
          Deprecated. use DELIMITERS instead
 
Constructor Summary
TextUtilities ()
           
 
Method Summary
static void addDocumentPartitioners ( IDocument document, Map partitioners)
          Connects the given document with all document partitioners stored in the given map under their partitioning name.
static  ITypedRegion[] computePartitioning ( IDocument document, String partitioning, int offset, int length, boolean includeZeroLengthPartitions)
          Computes and returns the partitioning for the given region of the given document for the given partitioning name.
static  String[] computePartitionManagingCategories ( IDocument document)
          Computes and returns the partition managing position categories for the given document or null if this was impossible.
static int[] copy (int[] array)
          Returns a copy of the given integer array.
static  String[] copy ( String[] array)
          Returns a copy of the given string array.
static  String determineLineDelimiter ( String text, String hint)
          Determines which one of default line delimiters appears first in the list.
static int endsWith ( String[] searchStrings, String text)
          Returns the index of the longest search string with which the given text ends or -1 if none matches.
static int equals ( String[] compareStrings, String text)
          Returns the index of the first compare string that equals the given text or -1 if none is equal.
static  String getContentType ( IDocument document, String partitioning, int offset, boolean preferOpenPartitions)
          Returns the content type at the given offset of the given document.
static  String getDefaultLineDelimiter ( IDocument document)
          Returns the default line delimiter for the given document.
static  ITypedRegion getPartition ( IDocument document, String partitioning, int offset, boolean preferOpenPartitions)
          Returns the partition of the given offset of the given document.
static int[] indexOf ( String[] searchStrings, String text, int offset)
          Returns the starting position and the index of the first matching search string in the given text that is greater than the given offset.
static  DocumentEvent mergeProcessedDocumentEvents ( List documentEvents)
          Returns a document event which is an accumulation of a list of document events, null if the list of document events is empty.
static  DocumentEvent mergeUnprocessedDocumentEvents ( IDocument unprocessedDocument, List documentEvents)
          Returns a document event which is an accumulation of a list of document events, null if the list of documentEvents is empty.
static boolean overlaps ( IRegion left, IRegion right)
          Returns true if the two regions overlap.
static  Map removeDocumentPartitioners ( IDocument document)
          Removes all connected document partitioners from the given document and stores them under their partitioning name in a map.
static int startsWith ( String[] searchStrings, String text)
          Returns the index of the longest search string with which the given text starts or -1 if none matches.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

DELIMITERS

public static final 
String[] DELIMITERS
Default line delimiters used by the text functions of this class.


fgDelimiters

public static final 
String[] fgDelimiters
Deprecated. use DELIMITERS instead
Default line delimiters used by these text functions.

Constructor Detail

TextUtilities

public TextUtilities()
Method Detail

determineLineDelimiter

public static 
String determineLineDelimiter(
String text,
                                            
String hint)
Determines which one of default line delimiters appears first in the list. If none of them the hint is returned.

Parameters:
text - the text to be checked
hint - the line delimiter hint
Returns:
the line delimiter

indexOf

public static int[] indexOf(
String[] searchStrings,
                            
String text,
                            int offset)
Returns the starting position and the index of the first matching search string in the given text that is greater than the given offset. If more than one search string matches with the same starting position then the longest one is returned.

Parameters:
searchStrings - the strings to search for
text - the text to be searched
offset - the offset at which to start the search
Returns:
an int[] with two elements where the first is the starting offset, the second the index of the found search string in the given searchStrings array, returns [-1, -1] if no match exists

endsWith

public static int endsWith(
String[] searchStrings,
                           
String text)
Returns the index of the longest search string with which the given text ends or -1 if none matches.

Parameters:
searchStrings - the strings to search for
text - the text to search
Returns:
the index in searchStrings of the longest string with which text ends or -1

startsWith

public static int startsWith(
String[] searchStrings,
                             
String text)
Returns the index of the longest search string with which the given text starts or -1 if none matches.

Parameters:
searchStrings - the strings to search for
text - the text to search
Returns:
the index in searchStrings of the longest string with which text starts or -1

equals

public static int equals(
String[] compareStrings,
                         
String text)
Returns the index of the first compare string that equals the given text or -1 if none is equal.

Parameters:
compareStrings - the strings to compare with
text - the text to check
Returns:
the index of the first equal compare string or -1

mergeUnprocessedDocumentEvents

public static 
DocumentEvent mergeUnprocessedDocumentEvents(
IDocument unprocessedDocument,
                                                           
List documentEvents)
                                                    throws 
BadLocationException
Returns a document event which is an accumulation of a list of document events, null if the list of documentEvents is empty. The document of the document events are ignored.

Parameters:
unprocessedDocument - the document to which the document events would be applied
documentEvents - the list of document events to merge
Returns:
returns the merged document event
Throws:
BadLocationException - might be thrown if document is not in the correct state with respect to document events

mergeProcessedDocumentEvents

public static 
DocumentEvent mergeProcessedDocumentEvents(
List documentEvents)
                                                  throws 
BadLocationException
Returns a document event which is an accumulation of a list of document events, null if the list of document events is empty. The document events being merged must all refer to the same document, to which the document changes have been already applied.

Parameters:
documentEvents - the list of document events to merge
Returns:
returns the merged document event
Throws:
BadLocationException - might be thrown if document is not in the correct state with respect to document events

removeDocumentPartitioners

public static 
Map removeDocumentPartitioners(
IDocument document)
Removes all connected document partitioners from the given document and stores them under their partitioning name in a map. This map is returned. After this method has been called the given document is no longer connected to any document partitioner.

Parameters:
document - the document
Returns:
the map containing the removed partitioners

addDocumentPartitioners

public static void addDocumentPartitioners(
IDocument document,
                                           
Map partitioners)
Connects the given document with all document partitioners stored in the given map under their partitioning name. This method cleans the given map.

Parameters:
document - the document
partitioners - the map containing the partitioners to be connected
Since:
3.0

getContentType

public static 
String getContentType(
IDocument document,
                                    
String partitioning,
                                    int offset,
                                    boolean preferOpenPartitions)
                             throws 
BadLocationException
Returns the content type at the given offset of the given document.

Parameters:
document - the document
partitioning - the partitioning to be used
offset - the offset
preferOpenPartitions - true if precedence should be given to a open partition ending at offset over a closed partition starting at offset
Returns:
the content type at the given offset of the document
Throws:
BadLocationException - if offset is invalid in the document
Since:
3.0

getPartition

public static 
ITypedRegion getPartition(
IDocument document,
                                        
String partitioning,
                                        int offset,
                                        boolean preferOpenPartitions)
                                 throws 
BadLocationException
Returns the partition of the given offset of the given document.

Parameters:
document - the document
partitioning - the partitioning to be used
offset - the offset
preferOpenPartitions - true if precedence should be given to a open partition ending at offset over a closed partition starting at offset
Returns:
the content type at the given offset of this viewer's input document
Throws:
BadLocationException - if offset is invalid in the given document
Since:
3.0

computePartitioning

public static 
ITypedRegion[] computePartitioning(
IDocument document,
                                                 
String partitioning,
                                                 int offset,
                                                 int length,
                                                 boolean includeZeroLengthPartitions)
                                          throws 
BadLocationException
Computes and returns the partitioning for the given region of the given document for the given partitioning name.

Parameters:
document - the document
partitioning - the partitioning name
offset - the region offset
length - the region length
includeZeroLengthPartitions - whether to include zero-length partitions
Returns:
the partitioning for the given region of the given document for the given partitioning name
Throws:
BadLocationException - if the given region is invalid for the given document
Since:
3.0

computePartitionManagingCategories

public static 
String[] computePartitionManagingCategories(
IDocument document)
Computes and returns the partition managing position categories for the given document or null if this was impossible.

Parameters:
document - the document
Returns:
the partition managing position categories or null
Since:
3.0

getDefaultLineDelimiter

public static 
String getDefaultLineDelimiter(
IDocument document)
Returns the default line delimiter for the given document. This is either the delimiter of the first line, or the platform line delimiter if it is a legal line delimiter or the first one of the legal line delimiters. The default line delimiter should be used when performing document manipulations that span multiple lines.

Parameters:
document - the document
Returns:
the document's default line delimiter
Since:
3.0

overlaps

public static boolean overlaps(
IRegion left,
                               
IRegion right)
Returns true if the two regions overlap. Returns false if one of the arguments is null.

Parameters:
left - the left region
right - the right region
Returns:
true if the two regions overlap, false otherwise
Since:
3.0

copy

public static 
String[] copy(
String[] array)
Returns a copy of the given string array.

Parameters:
array - the string array to be copied
Returns:
a copy of the given string array or null when array is null
Since:
3.1

copy

public static int[] copy(int[] array)
Returns a copy of the given integer array.

Parameters:
array - the integer array to be copied
Returns:
a copy of the given integer array or null when array is null
Since:
3.1

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