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org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.elementselection
Class AbstractElementSelectionProvider

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.core.service.AbstractProvider
      extended by org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.elementselection.AbstractElementSelectionProvider
All Implemented Interfaces:
IProvider, IElementSelectionProvider

public abstract class AbstractElementSelectionProvider
extends AbstractProvider
implements IElementSelectionProvider

Abstract implementation of an element selection provider.


Constructor Summary
AbstractElementSelectionProvider()
           
 
Method Summary
protected  ElementSelectionServiceJob createSelectionJob()
          Creates the selection service job that runs the provider's search.
protected  void fireEndOfMatchesEvent()
          Fire an end of matches event since there are no more matches.
protected  void fireMatchingObjectEvent(IMatchingObject matchingObject)
          Fire a matching object event.
protected  void fireMatchingObjectEvent(IMatchingObjectEvent matchingObjectEvent)
          Send the matching object event to the listener.
protected  IElementSelectionInput getElementSelectionInput()
          Retrieve the element selection input.
protected  IElementSelectionListener getElementSelectionListener()
          Retrieve the element selection listener.
protected  java.lang.String getJobName()
          Get the name for the ElementSelectionServiceJob.
 ElementSelectionServiceJob getMatchingObjects(IElementSelectionInput input, IElementSelectionListener listener)
          Retrieve a list of matching objects from the provider.
 boolean provides(IOperation operation)
          Indicates whether this provider provides the specified operation.
 java.lang.Object resolve(IMatchingObject object)
          Resolve the matching object to a modeling object.
 void run(IProgressMonitor monitor)
          Retrieve the list of matching objects from the provider.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.core.service.AbstractProvider
addProviderChangeListener, fireProviderChange, removeProviderChangeListener
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.core.service.IProvider
addProviderChangeListener, removeProviderChangeListener
 

Constructor Detail

AbstractElementSelectionProvider

public AbstractElementSelectionProvider()
Method Detail

provides

public boolean provides(IOperation operation)
Indicates whether this provider provides the specified operation.

Providers generally cast the operation to a service specific IOperation-derived class in order to determine whether they support the request.

Specified by:
provides in interface IProvider
Parameters:
operation - The operation in question.
Returns:
true if this provider provides the operation; false otherwise.

getMatchingObjects

public ElementSelectionServiceJob getMatchingObjects(IElementSelectionInput input,
                                                     IElementSelectionListener listener)
Retrieve a list of matching objects from the provider.

The provider is given an IElementSelectionInput and IElementSelectionListener and creates a ElementSelectionServiceJob.

The provider returns IMatchingObjectEvent to the IElementSelectionListener. If there are ten matching objects, then eleven IMatchingObjectEvent will be sent to the listener. The first ten will have type MatchingObjectEventType.MATCH and will have a matching object. The eleventh event will have type MatchingObjectEventType.END_OF_MATCHES.

Specified by:
getMatchingObjects in interface IElementSelectionProvider
Parameters:
input - the element selection input.
listener - the provider will send matching object events to this listener.
Returns:
the job that is running this provider.

createSelectionJob

protected ElementSelectionServiceJob createSelectionJob()
Creates the selection service job that runs the provider's search. This method should configure the new job with the appropriate priority, scheduling rules, etc. but should not schedule it.

Returns:
a new selection provider job

resolve

public java.lang.Object resolve(IMatchingObject object)
Resolve the matching object to a modeling object.

Specified by:
resolve in interface IElementSelectionProvider
Parameters:
object - the matching object.
Returns:
a modeling object.

run

public void run(IProgressMonitor monitor)
Retrieve the list of matching objects from the provider.

The ElementSelectionServiceJob will invoke run. Clients must not call this method.

Specified by:
run in interface IElementSelectionProvider
Parameters:
monitor - a progress monitor in which the provider is running.

getJobName

protected java.lang.String getJobName()
Get the name for the ElementSelectionServiceJob. Clients can override.

Returns:
the name for the job.

fireEndOfMatchesEvent

protected void fireEndOfMatchesEvent()
Fire an end of matches event since there are no more matches.


fireMatchingObjectEvent

protected void fireMatchingObjectEvent(IMatchingObject matchingObject)
Fire a matching object event.

Parameters:
matchingObject - the matching object.

fireMatchingObjectEvent

protected void fireMatchingObjectEvent(IMatchingObjectEvent matchingObjectEvent)
Send the matching object event to the listener.

Parameters:
matchingObjectEvent - the matching object event.

getElementSelectionInput

protected IElementSelectionInput getElementSelectionInput()
Retrieve the element selection input.

Returns:
the element selection input.

getElementSelectionListener

protected IElementSelectionListener getElementSelectionListener()
Retrieve the element selection listener.

Returns:
the element selection listener.

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