uk.ac.kcl.cch.jb.pliny.parts
Interface IDirectEditablePart

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.gef.EditPart, org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart, org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinkableObjectPart, NoteTextPart

public interface IDirectEditablePart

extends org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart

identifies a GEF EditPart that contains direct-editable text.

Author:

John Bradley

See Also:

PlinyDirectEditManager

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.EditPart

SELECTED, SELECTED_NONE, SELECTED_PRIMARY

Method Summary

String	getTextToEdit() requests the edit part to provide the text that is to be direct edited.
void	setupText(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text text) allows the edit part to specify display attributes to be used while displaying the text for editing.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart

addNodeListener, getContentPane, getFigure, getSourceConnections, getTargetConnections, removeNodeListener, setLayoutConstraint

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.EditPart

activate, addEditPartListener, addNotify, deactivate, eraseSourceFeedback, eraseTargetFeedback, getChildren, getCommand, getDragTracker, getEditPolicy, getModel, getParent, getRoot, getSelected, getTargetEditPart, getViewer, hasFocus, installEditPolicy, isActive, isSelectable, performRequest, refresh, removeEditPartListener, removeEditPolicy, removeNotify, setFocus, setModel, setParent, setSelected, showSourceFeedback, showTargetFeedback, understandsRequest

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Method Detail

getTextToEdit

public String getTextToEdit()

requests the edit part to provide the text that is to be direct edited.

Returns:

text to be edited.

setupText

public void setupText(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text text)

allows the edit part to specify display attributes to be used while displaying the text for editing. This usually involves specifying the colours to be used, and indicating whether the entire text should be initially selected or not.

Parameters:

text - org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text to be used to manage the text editing.