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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 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.jface.text;


/**
 * Defines the target for text operations. canDoOperation informs
 * the clients about the ability of the target to perform the specified
 * operation at the current point in time. doOperation executes
 * the specified operation.
 * 
 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
 * ITextOperationTarget, extension interfaces are used as a
 * means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
 * 

 * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextOperationTargetExtension} since
 *     version 2.0 introducing text operation enabling/disabling.
 * 
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextOperationTargetExtension
 */
public interface ITextOperationTarget {


	/**
	 * Text operation code for undoing the last edit command.
	 */
	static final int UNDO= 1;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for redoing the last undone edit command.
	 */
	static final int REDO= 2;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for moving the selected text to the clipboard.
	 */
	static final int CUT= 3;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for copying the selected text to the clipboard.
	 */
	static final int COPY= 4;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for inserting the clipboard content at the
	 * current position.
	 */
	static final int PASTE= 5;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for deleting the selected text or if selection
	 * is empty the character  at the right of the current position.
	 */
	static final int DELETE= 6;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for selecting the complete text.
	 */
	static final int SELECT_ALL= 7;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for shifting the selected text block to the right.
	 */
	static final int SHIFT_RIGHT= 8;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for shifting the selected text block to the left.
	 */
	static final int SHIFT_LEFT= 9;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for printing the complete text.
	 */
	static final int PRINT=	10;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for prefixing the selected text block.
	 */
	static final int PREFIX= 11;

	/**
	 * Text operation code for removing the prefix from the selected text block.
	 */
	static final int STRIP_PREFIX= 12;


	/**
	 * Returns whether the operation specified by the given operation code
	 * can be performed.
	 *
	 * @param operation the operation code
	 * @return true if the specified operation can be performed
	 */
	boolean canDoOperation(int operation);

	/**
	 * Performs the operation specified by the operation code on the target.
	 * doOperation must only be called if canDoOperation
	 * returns true.
	 *
	 * @param operation the operation code
	 */
	void doOperation(int operation);
}