org.eclipse.jface.text.IRegion Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package org.eclipse.jface.text;
/**
* A region describes a certain range in an indexed text store. Text stores are
* for example documents or strings. A region is defined by its offset into the
* text store and its length.
*
* A region is considered a value object. Its offset and length do not change
* over time.
*
* Clients may implement this interface or use the standard implementation
* {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.Region}.
*
*/
public interface IRegion {
/**
* Returns the length of the region.
*
* @return the length of the region
*/
int getLength();
/**
* Returns the offset of the region.
*
* @return the offset of the region
*/
int getOffset();
}