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package org.eclipse.virgo.ide.ui.editors.text;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.JFaceResources;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlCreator;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlExtension2;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControlExtension3;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
/**
* Extension interface for {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl}.
* Adds API
* <ul>
* <li>to test the visibility of the control,</li>
* <li>to test whether another control is a child of the information control,</li>
* <li>to compute size constraints based on the information control's main font
* and</li>
* <li>to return a control creator for an enriched version of this information
* control.</li>
* </ul>
* <p>
* <b>Important:</b> Enriching this information control only works properly if
* {@link IInformationControl#isFocusControl()} is implemented like this (
* <code>fShell</code> is the control's shell):
* <pre>
* return fShell.getDisplay().getActiveShell() == fShell
* </pre>
* Likewise,
* {@link IInformationControl#addFocusListener(org.eclipse.swt.events.FocusListener)}should install listeners for {@link SWT#Activate} and {@link SWT#Deactivate}on the shell and forward events to the focus listeners. Clients are
* encouraged to subclass {@link AbstractInformationControl}, which does this
* for free.
* </p>
* @author Christian Dupuis
* @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IInformationControl
* @since 3.4
*/
public interface JFaceIInformationControlExtension5 {
/**
* Tests whether the given control is this information control or a child of
* this information control.
*
* @param control the control to test
* @return <code>true</code> iff the given control is this information
* control or a child of this information control
*/
public boolean containsControl(Control control);
/**
* @return <code>true</code> iff the information control is currently
* visible
*/
public abstract boolean isVisible();
/**
* Computes the width- and height constraints of the information control in
* pixels, based on the given width and height in characters. Implementors
* should use the main font of the information control to do the
* characters-to-pixels conversion. This is typically the
* {@link JFaceResources#getDialogFont() dialog font}.
*
* @param widthInChars the width constraint in number of characters
* @param heightInChars the height constraint in number of characters
* @return a point with width and height in pixels, or <code>null</code> to
* use the subject control's font to calculate the size
*/
public Point computeSizeConstraints(int widthInChars, int heightInChars);
/**
* Returns the rich information control creator for this information
* control.
* <p>
* The returned information control creator is used to create an enriched
* version of this information control, e.g. when the mouse is moved into
* this control and it needs to be enriched} or when it needs to be made
* sticky for other reasons.
* </p>
* <p>
* The returned information control creator must create information controls
* that implement {@link IInformationControlExtension3} and
* {@link IInformationControlExtension2}, and whose
* {@link IInformationControlExtension2#setInput(Object)} accepts all inputs
* that are also supported by this information control.
* </p>
* <p>
* Note that automatic enriching of this information control works only if
* it also implements {@link IInformationControlExtension3}.
* </p>
* <p>
* This method may be called frequently, so implementors should ensure it
* returns quickly, e.g. by caching the returned creator.
* </p>
*
* @return the information presenter control creator or <code>null</code> to
* disable enriching
*/
IInformationControlCreator getInformationPresenterControlCreator();
}