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package org.eclipse.jface.text;
/**
* Extension interface for {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument}. It adds the
* following concepts:
*
* - Rewrite sessions. A rewrite session is a sequence of replace operations
* that form a semantic unit.
* - A modification stamp on the document
* - The ability to set the initial line delimiter and to query the default
* line delimiter
*
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface IDocumentExtension4 {
/**
* Tells the document that it is about to be rewritten. That is, a sequence
* of replace operations that form a semantic unit will be performed on this
* document. A specification of the nature of the operation sequence is
* given in form of the session type.
*
* The document is considered being in rewrite mode as long as
* stopRewriteSession has not been called.
*
* @param sessionType the session type
* @return the started rewrite session
* @throws IllegalStateException in case there is already an active rewrite session
*/
DocumentRewriteSession startRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSessionType sessionType) throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Tells the document to stop the rewrite session. This method has only any
* effect if startRewriteSession has been called before.
*
* This method does not have any effect if the given session is not the
* active rewrite session.
*
* @param session the session to stop
*/
void stopRewriteSession(DocumentRewriteSession session);
/**
* Returns the active rewrite session of this document or null.
*
* @return the active rewrite session or null
*/
DocumentRewriteSession getActiveRewriteSession();
/**
* Registers the document rewrite session listener with the document. After
* registration the IDocumentRewriteSessionListener is
* informed about each state change of rewrite sessions performed on this
* document.
*
* If the listener is already registered nothing happens.
*
* An IRewriteSessionDocumentListener may call back to this
* document when being inside a document notification.
*
* @param listener the listener to be registered
*/
void addDocumentRewriteSessionListener(IDocumentRewriteSessionListener listener);
/**
* Removes the listener from the document's list of document rewrite session
* listeners. If the listener is not registered with the document nothing
* happens.
*
* An IDocumentRewriteSessionListener may call back to this
* document when being inside a document notification.
*
* @param listener the listener to be removed
*/
void removeDocumentRewriteSessionListener(IDocumentRewriteSessionListener listener);
/**
* Substitutes the given text for the specified document range.
* Sends a DocumentEvent to all registered IDocumentListener.
*
* @param offset the document offset
* @param length the length of the specified range
* @param text the substitution text
* @param modificationStamp of the document after replacing
* @exception BadLocationException if the offset is invalid in this document
*
* @see DocumentEvent
* @see IDocumentListener
*/
void replace(int offset, int length, String text, long modificationStamp) throws BadLocationException;
/**
* Replaces the content of the document with the given text.
* Sends a DocumentEvent to all registered IDocumentListener.
* This method is a convenience method for replace(0, getLength(), text).
*
* @param text the new content of the document
* @param modificationStamp of the document after setting the content
*
* @see DocumentEvent
* @see IDocumentListener
*/
void set(String text, long modificationStamp);
/**
* The unknown modification stamp.
*/
long UNKNOWN_MODIFICATION_STAMP= -1;
/**
* Returns the modification stamp of this document. The modification stamp
* is updated each time a modifying operation is called on this document. If
* two modification stamps of the same document are identical then the document
* content is too, however, same content does not imply same modification stamp.
*
* The magnitude or sign of the numerical difference between two modification stamps
* is not significant.
*
*
* @return the modification stamp of this document or UNKNOWN_MODIFICATION_STAMP
*/
long getModificationStamp();
/**
* Returns this document's default line delimiter.
*
* This default line delimiter should be used by clients who
* want unique delimiters (e.g. 'CR's) in the document.
*
* @return the default line delimiter or null if none
*/
String getDefaultLineDelimiter();
/**
* Sets this document's initial line delimiter i.e. the one
* which is returned by getDefaultLineDelimiter
* if the document does not yet contain any line delimiter.
*
* @param lineDelimiter the default line delimiter
*/
void setInitialLineDelimiter(String lineDelimiter);
}