PrefixFinder.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2015 Pivotal, Inc.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 * Contributors:
 *     Pivotal, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.editor.support.util;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.BadLocationException;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument;

public abstract class PrefixFinder {
	public String getPrefix(IDocument doc, int offset, int lowerBound) {
		try {
			if (doc == null || offset > doc.getLength())
				return null;
			int prefixStart = offset;
			while (prefixStart > lowerBound && isPrefixChar(doc.getChar(prefixStart-1))) {
				prefixStart--;
			}
			return doc.get(prefixStart, offset-prefixStart);
		} catch (BadLocationException e) {
			return null;
		}
	}

	public String getPrefix(IDocument doc, int offset) {
		return getPrefix(doc, offset, 0);
	}
	protected abstract boolean isPrefixChar(char c);
}