org.eclipse.xtext.formatting2

Interface IFormatter2

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFormatter2, AbstractJavaFormatter, XtextFormatterJava

public interface IFormatter2

Use this interface to invoke a formatter.

An Xtext language should have an implementation for this interface bound in its runtime module.

Since:

2.8

See Also:

The package org.eclipse.xtext.formatting2 for an introduction to formatting, The base class {@code AbstractFormatter2} to implement your own formatter., The class {@code FormatterRequest} to specify what and how sould be formatted., to apply replacements to a CharSequence or String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<ITextReplacement>	format(FormatterRequest request) Execute the formatter.

Method Detail

format

java.util.List<ITextReplacement> format(FormatterRequest request)

Execute the formatter.