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* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
/*
* Created on Jul 1, 2004
*/
package org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.annotations.registry;
import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;
/**
* @author jlanuti
*/
public interface AttributeValuesHelper {
static final String[] EMPTY_VALUES = new String[0];
static final AttributeValueProposalHelper[] EMPTY_PROPOSAL_HELPERS = new AttributeValueProposalHelper[0];
/**
* Return a simple String array containing the valid values for the given
* {@link TagAttributeSpec}and {@link IJavaElement}.
*
* @param tas
* @param javaElement
* @return
*/
public String[] getValidValues(TagAttribSpec tas, IJavaElement javaElement);
/**
* This is a more advanced api for returning valid values for a given {@link TagAttribSpec}.
* This api provides you with more flexibility to control the replacement string that is used
* for the completion.
*
* @param tas
* @param partialValue
* @param valueOffset
* @param javaElement
* @return
*/
public AttributeValueProposalHelper[] getAttributeValueProposalHelpers(TagAttribSpec tas, String partialValue, int valueOffset, IJavaElement javaElement);
}