org.eclipse.xtext.ui.search

Interface IXtextSearchFilter

public interface IXtextSearchFilter

A filter to reject elements form the candidates in the global "Open Xtext Element" dialog. Filters can be registered to the extension point org.eclipse.xtext.ui.searchFilter.

Author:

Jan Koehnlein - Initial contribution and API

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	IXtextSearchFilter.Registry

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	reject(IEObjectDescription element) The search dialog AND connects the results of this method called on all registered search filers.

Method Detail

reject

boolean reject(IEObjectDescription element)

The search dialog AND connects the results of this method called on all registered search filers. Users should therefore be as specific as possible in the implementation of this method in order not to interfer with filters from other languages.

Parameters:

element - the element to be checked

Returns:

true if the element should NOT appear in the dialog.