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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 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.text.source.IAnnotationAccess;
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15 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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17 /**
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18 * An annotation access provides access to information that is not available via
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19 * the API of {@link dwtx.jface.text.source.Annotation}. With version
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20 * 3.0 all this information is now available from the annotation itself.
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21 * <p>
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22 *
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23 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
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24 * <code>IAnnotationAccess</code>, extension interfaces are used as a means
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25 * of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
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26 * <ul>
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27 * <li>{@link dwtx.jface.text.source.IAnnotationAccessExtension} since
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28 * version 3.0 replacing all methods in that interface</li>
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29 * <li>{@link IAnnotationAccessExtension2} since
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30 * version 3.2 allowing to set a quick assist assistant to an annotation access.</li>
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31 * </ul></p>
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32 * <p>
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33 * Clients usually implement this interface and its extension interfaces.</p>
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34 *
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35 * @see dwtx.jface.text.source.IAnnotationAccessExtension
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36 * @see dwtx.jface.text.source.Annotation
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37 * @since 2.1
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38 */
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39 public interface IAnnotationAccess {
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41 /**
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42 * Returns the type of the given annotation.
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43 *
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44 * @param annotation the annotation
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45 * @return the type of the given annotation or <code>null</code> if it has none.
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46 * @deprecated use <code>Annotation.getType()</code>
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47 */
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48 Object getType(Annotation annotation);
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50 /**
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51 * Returns whether the given annotation spans multiple lines.
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52 *
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53 * @param annotation the annotation
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54 * @return <code>true</code> if the annotation spans multiple lines,
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55 * <code>false</code> otherwise
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56 *
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57 * @deprecated assumed to always return <code>true</code>
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58 */
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59 bool isMultiLine(Annotation annotation);
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61 /**
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62 * Returns whether the given annotation is temporary rather than persistent.
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63 *
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64 * @param annotation the annotation
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65 * @return <code>true</code> if the annotation is temporary,
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66 * <code>false</code> otherwise
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67 * @deprecated use <code>Annotation.isPersistent()</code>
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68 */
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69 bool isTemporary(Annotation annotation);
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70 }