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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 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.text.ITextHover;
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15 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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17 /**
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18 * Computes the information to be shown in a hover popup which appears on top of
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19 * the text viewer's text widget when a hover event occurs. If the text hover
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20 * does not provide information no hover popup is shown. Any implementer of this
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21 * interface must be capable of operating in a non-UI thread.
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22 * <p>
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23 *
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24 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
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25 * <code>ITextHover</code>, extension interfaces are used as a means of
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26 * evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
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27 * <ul>
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28 * <li>{@link dwtx.jface.text.ITextHoverExtension} since version 3.0
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29 * allowing a text hover to provide a creator for the hover control. This allows
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30 * for sophisticated hovers in a way that information computed by the hover can
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31 * be displayed in the best possible form.</li>
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32 * <li>{@link dwtx.jface.text.ITextHoverExtension2} since version 3.4
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33 * allowing a text hover to return hover-specific information objects.</li>
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34 * </ul></p>
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35 * <p>
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36 * Clients may implement this interface.</p>
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37 *
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38 * @see dwtx.jface.text.ITextHoverExtension
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39 * @see dwtx.jface.text.ITextHoverExtension2
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40 * @see dwtx.jface.text.ITextViewer
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41 */
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42 public interface ITextHover {
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44 /**
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45 * Returns the information which should be presented when a hover popup is shown
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46 * for the specified hover region. The hover region has the same semantics
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47 * as the region returned by <code>getHoverRegion</code>. If the returned
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48 * information is <code>null</code> or empty no hover popup will be shown.
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49 *
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50 * @param textViewer the viewer on which the hover popup should be shown
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51 * @param hoverRegion the text range in the viewer which is used to determine
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52 * the hover display information
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53 * @return the hover popup display information, or <code>null</code> if none available
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54 * @deprecated As of 3.4, replaced by {@link ITextHoverExtension2#getHoverInfo2(ITextViewer, IRegion)}
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55 */
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56 String getHoverInfo(ITextViewer textViewer, IRegion hoverRegion);
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58 /**
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59 * Returns the text region which should serve as the source of information
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60 * to compute the hover popup display information. The popup has been requested
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61 * for the given offset.<p>
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62 * For example, if hover information can be provided on a per method basis in a
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63 * source viewer, the offset should be used to find the enclosing method and the
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64 * source range of the method should be returned.
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65 *
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66 * @param textViewer the viewer on which the hover popup should be shown
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67 * @param offset the offset for which the hover request has been issued
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68 * @return the hover region used to compute the hover display information
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69 */
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70 IRegion getHoverRegion(ITextViewer textViewer, int offset);
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71 }