org.fife.ui.autocomplete
Interface CompletionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCompletionProvider, CompletionProviderBase, DefaultCompletionProvider, LanguageAwareCompletionProvider

public interface CompletionProvider

Provides autocompletion values to an AutoCompletion.

Completion providers can have an optional parent. Parents are searched for completions when their children are. This allows for chaining of completion providers.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Robert Futrell

Method Summary

void	clearParameterizedCompletionParams() Clears the values used to identify and insert "parameterized completions" (e.g.
String	getAlreadyEnteredText(JTextComponent comp) Returns the text just before the current caret position that could be the start of something auto-completable.
List	getCompletions(JTextComponent comp) Gets the possible completions for the text component at the current caret position.
List	getCompletionsAt(JTextComponent comp, Point p) Returns the completions that have been entered at the specified visual location.
ListCellRenderer	getListCellRenderer() Returns the cell renderer for completions returned from this provider.
ParameterChoicesProvider	getParameterChoicesProvider() Returns an object that can return a list of completion choices for parameters.
List	getParameterizedCompletions(JTextComponent tc) Returns a list of parameterized completions that have been entered at the current caret position of a text component (and thus can have their completion choices displayed).
char	getParameterListEnd() Returns the text that marks the end of a list of parameters to a function or method.
String	getParameterListSeparator() Returns the text that separates parameters to a function or method.
char	getParameterListStart() Returns the text that marks the start of a list of parameters to a function or method.
CompletionProvider	getParent() Returns the parent completion provider.
boolean	isAutoActivateOkay(JTextComponent tc) This method is called if auto-activation is enabled in the parent AutoCompletion after the user types a single character.
void	setListCellRenderer(ListCellRenderer r) Sets the renderer to use when displaying completion choices.
void	setParameterizedCompletionParams(char listStart, String separator, char listEnd) Sets the values used to identify and insert "parameterized completions" (e.g.
void	setParent(CompletionProvider parent) Sets the parent completion provider.

Method Detail

clearParameterizedCompletionParams

void clearParameterizedCompletionParams()

Clears the values used to identify and insert "parameterized completions" (e.g. functions or methods). After this method is called, functions and methods will not have their parameters auto-completed.

See Also:

setParameterizedCompletionParams(char, String, char)

getAlreadyEnteredText

String getAlreadyEnteredText(JTextComponent comp)

Returns the text just before the current caret position that could be the start of something auto-completable.

Parameters:

comp - The text component.

Returns:

The text. A return value of null means nothing should be auto-completed; a value of an empty string ("") means auto-completion should still be considered (i.e., all possible choices are valid).

getCompletions

List getCompletions(JTextComponent comp)

Gets the possible completions for the text component at the current caret position.

Parameters:

comp - The text component.

Returns:

The list of Completions. If no completions are available, this may be null.

getCompletionsAt

List getCompletionsAt(JTextComponent comp,
                      Point p)

Returns the completions that have been entered at the specified visual location. This can be used for tool tips when the user hovers the mouse over completed text.

Parameters:

comp - The text component.

p - The position, usually from a MouseEvent.

Returns:

The completions, or an empty list if there are none.

getListCellRenderer

ListCellRenderer getListCellRenderer()

Returns the cell renderer for completions returned from this provider.

Returns:

The cell renderer, or null if the default should be used.

See Also:

setListCellRenderer(ListCellRenderer)

getParameterChoicesProvider

ParameterChoicesProvider getParameterChoicesProvider()

Returns an object that can return a list of completion choices for parameters. This is used when a user code-completes a parameterized completion, such as a function or method. For any parameter to the function/method, this object can return possible completions.

Returns:

The parameter choices provider, or null if none is installed.

getParameterizedCompletions

List getParameterizedCompletions(JTextComponent tc)

Returns a list of parameterized completions that have been entered at the current caret position of a text component (and thus can have their completion choices displayed).

Parameters:

tc - The text component.

Returns:

The list of ParameterizedCompletions. If no completions are available, this may be null.

getParameterListEnd

char getParameterListEnd()

Returns the text that marks the end of a list of parameters to a function or method.

Returns:

The text for a parameter list end, for example, ')'.

See Also:

getParameterListStart(), getParameterListSeparator(), setParameterizedCompletionParams(char, String, char)

getParameterListSeparator

String getParameterListSeparator()

Returns the text that separates parameters to a function or method.

Returns:

The text that separates parameters, for example, ", ".

See Also:

getParameterListStart(), getParameterListEnd(), setParameterizedCompletionParams(char, String, char)

getParameterListStart

char getParameterListStart()

Returns the text that marks the start of a list of parameters to a function or method.

Returns:

The text for a parameter list start, for example, "(".

See Also:

getParameterListEnd(), getParameterListSeparator(), setParameterizedCompletionParams(char, String, char)

getParent

CompletionProvider getParent()

Returns the parent completion provider.

Returns:

The parent completion provider.

See Also:

setParent(CompletionProvider)

isAutoActivateOkay

boolean isAutoActivateOkay(JTextComponent tc)

This method is called if auto-activation is enabled in the parent AutoCompletion after the user types a single character. This provider should check the text at the current caret position of the text component, and decide whether auto-activation would be appropriate here. For example, a CompletionProvider for Java might want to return true for this method only if the last character typed was a '.'.

Parameters:

tc - The text component.

Returns:

Whether auto-activation would be appropriate.

setListCellRenderer

void setListCellRenderer(ListCellRenderer r)

Sets the renderer to use when displaying completion choices.

Parameters:

r - The renderer to use.

See Also:

getListCellRenderer()

setParameterizedCompletionParams

void setParameterizedCompletionParams(char listStart,
                                      String separator,
                                      char listEnd)

Sets the values used to identify and insert "parameterized completions" (e.g. functions or methods). If this method isn't called, functions and methods will not have their parameters auto-completed.

Parameters:

listStart - The character that marks the beginning of a list of parameters, such as '(' in C or Java.

separator - Text that should separate parameters in a parameter list when one is inserted. For example, ", ".

listEnd - The character that marks the end of a list of parameters, such as ')' in C or Java.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If either listStart or listEnd is not printable ASCII, or if separator is null or an empty string.

See Also:

clearParameterizedCompletionParams()

setParent

void setParent(CompletionProvider parent)

Sets the parent completion provider.

Parameters:

parent - The parent provider. null means there will be no parent provider.

See Also:

getParent()