Package org.fife.ui.autocomplete

Class AbstractCompletionProvider

java.lang.Object

org.fife.ui.autocomplete.CompletionProviderBase

org.fife.ui.autocomplete.AbstractCompletionProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

CompletionProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultCompletionProvider

public abstract class AbstractCompletionProvider
extends CompletionProviderBase

A base class for completion providers. Completions are kept in a sorted list. To get the list of completions that match a given input, a binary search is done to find the first matching completion, then all succeeding completions that also match are also returned.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	AbstractCompletionProvider.CaseInsensitiveComparator	A comparator that compares the input text of a Completion against a String lexicographically, ignoring case.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected AbstractCompletionProvider.CaseInsensitiveComparator	comparator	Compares a Completion against a String.
protected List<Completion>	completions	The completions this provider is aware of.

Fields inherited from class org.fife.ui.autocomplete.CompletionProviderBase

EMPTY_STRING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractCompletionProvider()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addCompletion(Completion c)	Adds a single completion to this provider.
void	addCompletions(List<Completion> completions)	Adds Completions to this provider.
protected void	addWordCompletions(String[] words)	Adds simple completions for a list of words.
protected void	checkProviderAndAdd(Completion c)	Adds a completion to this provider.
void	clear()	Removes all completions from this provider.
List<Completion>	getCompletionByInputText(String inputText)	Returns a list of Completions in this provider with the specified input text.
protected List<Completion>	getCompletionsImpl(JTextComponent comp)	Does the dirty work of creating a list of completions.
boolean	removeCompletion(Completion c)	Removes the specified completion from this provider.

Methods inherited from class org.fife.ui.autocomplete.CompletionProviderBase

clearParameterizedCompletionParams, getCompletions, getListCellRenderer, getParameterChoicesProvider, getParameterListEnd, getParameterListSeparator, getParameterListStart, getParent, isAutoActivateOkay, setAutoActivationRules, setListCellRenderer, setParameterChoicesProvider, setParameterizedCompletionParams, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.fife.ui.autocomplete.CompletionProvider

getAlreadyEnteredText, getCompletionsAt, getParameterizedCompletions

Field Details

completions

protected List<Completion> completions

The completions this provider is aware of. Subclasses should ensure that this list is sorted alphabetically (case-insensitively).

comparator

protected AbstractCompletionProvider.CaseInsensitiveComparator comparator

Compares a Completion against a String.

Constructor Details

AbstractCompletionProvider

public AbstractCompletionProvider()

Constructor.

Method Details

addCompletion

public void addCompletion(Completion c)

Adds a single completion to this provider. If you are adding multiple completions to this provider, for efficiency reasons please consider using addCompletions(List) instead.

Parameters:

c - The completion to add.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the completion's provider isn't this CompletionProvider.

See Also:

• addCompletions(List)
• removeCompletion(Completion)
• clear()

addCompletions

public void addCompletions(List<Completion> completions)

Adds Completions to this provider.

Parameters:

completions - The completions to add. This cannot be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If a completion's provider isn't this CompletionProvider.

See Also:

• addCompletion(Completion)
• removeCompletion(Completion)
• clear()

addWordCompletions

protected void addWordCompletions(String[] words)

Adds simple completions for a list of words.

Parameters:

words - The words.

See Also:

• BasicCompletion

checkProviderAndAdd

protected void checkProviderAndAdd(Completion c)

Adds a completion to this provider.

Parameters:

c - The completion to add.

clear

public void clear()

Removes all completions from this provider. This does not affect the parent CompletionProvider, if there is one.

See Also:

• addCompletion(Completion)
• addCompletions(List)
• removeCompletion(Completion)

getCompletionByInputText

public List<Completion> getCompletionByInputText(String inputText)

Returns a list of Completions in this provider with the specified input text.

Parameters:

inputText - The input text to search for.

Returns:

A list of Completions, or null if there are no matching Completions.

getCompletionsImpl

protected List<Completion> getCompletionsImpl(JTextComponent comp)

Description copied from class: CompletionProviderBase

Does the dirty work of creating a list of completions.

Specified by:

getCompletionsImpl in class CompletionProviderBase

Parameters:

comp - The text component to look in.

Returns:

The list of possible completions, or an empty list if there are none.

removeCompletion

public boolean removeCompletion(Completion c)

Removes the specified completion from this provider. This method will not remove completions from the parent provider, if there is one.

Parameters:

c - The completion to remove.

Returns:

true if this provider contained the specified completion.

See Also:

• clear()
• addCompletion(Completion)
• addCompletions(List)