IQuickFixProcessor.java

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package org.eclipse.cdt.ui.text;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.ITranslationUnit;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by contributors to the extension point
 * <code>org.eclipse.cdt.ui.quickFixProcessors</code>.
 * 
 * @since 5.0
 */
public interface IQuickFixProcessor {
	/**
	 * Returns <code>true</code> if the processor has proposals for the given problem. This test should be an
	 * optimistic guess and be very cheap.
	 *
	 * @param unit the compilation unit
	 * @param problemId the problem Id. The id is of a problem of the problem type(s) this processor specified in
	 * the extension point.
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the processor has proposals for the given problem
	 */
	boolean hasCorrections(ITranslationUnit unit, int problemId);

	/**
	 * Collects corrections or code manipulations for the given context.
	 *
	 * @param context Defines current compilation unit, position and a shared AST
	 * @param locations Problems are the current location.
	 * @return the corrections applicable at the location or <code>null</code> if no proposals
	 * 			can be offered
	 * @throws CoreException CoreException can be thrown if the operation fails
	 */
	ICCompletionProposal[] getCorrections(IInvocationContext context,
			IProblemLocation[] locations) throws CoreException;
}