annotate dwtx/jface/viewers/ILazyTreePathContentProvider.d @ 10:b6c35faf97c8

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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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7 *
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8 * Contributors:
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9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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10 * Port to the D programming language:
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11 * Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
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12 *******************************************************************************/
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13 module dwtx.jface.viewers.ILazyTreePathContentProvider;
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15 import dwtx.jface.viewers.IContentProvider;
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16 import dwtx.jface.viewers.TreePath;
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18 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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20 /**
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21 * The ILazyTreePathContentProvider is a tree path-based content provider for
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22 * tree viewers created using the DWT.VIRTUAL flag that only wish to return
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23 * their contents as they are queried.
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24 *
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25 * @since 3.3
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26 */
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27 public interface ILazyTreePathContentProvider : IContentProvider {
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28 /**
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29 * Called when a previously-blank item becomes visible in the TreeViewer. If
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30 * the content provider knows the child element for the given parent at this
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31 * index, it should respond by calling
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32 * {@link TreeViewer#replace(Object, int, Object)}. The content provider
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33 * should also update the child count for any replaced element by calling
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34 * {@link TreeViewer#setChildCount(Object, int)}. If the given current child
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35 * count is already correct, setChildCount does not have to be called since
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36 * a call to replace will not change the child count.
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37 *
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38 * <strong>NOTE</strong> #updateElement(int index) can be used to determine
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39 * selection values. If TableViewer#replace(Object, int) is not called
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40 * before returning from this method, selections may have missing or stale
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41 * elements. In this situation it is suggested that the selection is asked
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42 * for again after replace() has been called.
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43 *
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44 * @param parentPath
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45 * The tree path of parent of the element, or if the
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46 * element to update is a root element, an empty tree path
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47 * @param index
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48 * The index of the element to update in the tree
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49 */
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50 public void updateElement(TreePath parentPath, int index);
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51
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52 /**
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53 * Called when the TreeViewer needs an up-to-date child count for the given
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54 * tree path, for example from {@link TreeViewer#refresh()} and
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55 * {@link TreeViewer#setInput(Object)}. If the content provider knows the
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56 * element at the given tree path, it should respond by calling
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57 * {@link TreeViewer#setChildCount(Object, int)}. If the given current
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58 * child count is already correct, no action has to be taken by this content
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59 * provider.
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60 *
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61 * @param treePath
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62 * The tree path for which an up-to-date child count is needed, or
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63 * if the number of root elements is requested, the empty tree path
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64 * @param currentChildCount
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65 * The current child count for the element that needs updating
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66 */
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67 public void updateChildCount(TreePath treePath, int currentChildCount);
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69 /**
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70 * Called when the TreeViewer needs up-to-date information whether the node
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71 * at the given tree path can be expanded. If the content provider knows the
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72 * element at the given tree path, it should respond by calling
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73 * {@link TreeViewer#setHasChildren(Object, bool)}. The content provider
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74 * may also choose to call {@link TreeViewer#setChildCount(Object, int)}
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75 * instead if it knows the number of children.
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76 *
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77 * <p>
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78 * Intended as an optimization for when the viewer does not need the actual
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79 * children. Clients may be able to implement this more efficiently than
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80 * <code>updateChildCount</code>.
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81 * </p>
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82 *
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83 * @param path
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84 * The tree path for which up-to-date information about children
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85 * is needed
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86 */
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87 public void updateHasChildren(TreePath path);
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88
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89 /**
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90 * Return the possible parent paths for the given element. An empty array
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91 * can be returned if the paths cannot be computed. In this case the
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92 * tree-structured viewer can't expand a given node correctly if requested.
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93 * If the element is a potential child of the input of the viewer, an empty
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94 * tree path should be an entry in the returned array.
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95 *
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96 * @param element
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97 * the element
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98 * @return the possible parent paths for the given element
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99 */
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100 public TreePath[] getParents(Object element);
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101 }