1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.jface.text; 12 13 14 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection; 15 16 17 /** 18 * A selection validator allows clients to test whether the selection they 19 * received during selection changed notification is valid. 20 * <p> 21 * For example, selection and document changes that occur between the original 22 * selection and the point in time the validator is called cause the selection 23 * to be invalid.</p> 24 * <p> 25 * Clients may implement and use this interface. 26 * </p> 27 * 28 * @since 3.0 29 */ 30 public interface ISelectionValidator { 31 32 /** 33 * Tests whether the given post selection is still valid. 34 * 35 * @param selection 36 * @return <code>true</code> if the selection is still valid 37 */ 38 boolean isValid(ISelection selection); 39 } 40