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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
/**
* AutoCompleteField is a class which attempts to auto-complete a user's
* keystrokes by activating a popup that filters a list of proposals according
* to the content typed by the user.
*
* @see ContentProposalAdapter
* @see SimpleContentProposalProvider
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public class AutoCompleteField implements Serializable {
private SimpleContentProposalProvider proposalProvider;
private ContentProposalAdapter adapter;
/**
* Construct an AutoComplete field on the specified control, whose
* completions are characterized by the specified array of Strings.
*
* @param control
* the control for which autocomplete is desired. May not be
* <code>null</code>.
* @param controlContentAdapter
* the <code>IControlContentAdapter</code> used to obtain and
* update the control's contents. May not be <code>null</code>.
* @param proposals
* the array of Strings representing valid content proposals for
* the field.
*/
public AutoCompleteField(Control control,
IControlContentAdapter controlContentAdapter, String[] proposals) {
proposalProvider = new SimpleContentProposalProvider(proposals);
proposalProvider.setFiltering(true);
adapter = new ContentProposalAdapter(control, controlContentAdapter,
proposalProvider, null, null);
adapter.setPropagateKeys(true);
adapter
.setProposalAcceptanceStyle(ContentProposalAdapter.PROPOSAL_REPLACE);
}
/**
* Set the Strings to be used as content proposals.
*
* @param proposals
* the array of Strings to be used as proposals.
*/
public void setProposals(String[] proposals) {
proposalProvider.setProposals(proposals);
}
}