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.contentassist; 12 13 14 /** 15 * Extends {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.IContentAssistant} 16 * with the following functions: 17 * <ul> 18 * <li>handle documents with multiple partitions</li> 19 * <li>insertion of common completion prefixes</li> 20 * </ul> 21 * 22 * @since 3.0 23 */ 24 public interface IContentAssistantExtension { 25 26 /** 27 * Returns the document partitioning this content assistant is using. 28 * 29 * @return the document partitioning this content assistant is using 30 */ 31 String getDocumentPartitioning(); 32 33 /** 34 * Inserts the common prefix of the available completions. If no common 35 * prefix can be computed it is identical to 36 * {@link IContentAssistant#showPossibleCompletions()}. 37 * 38 * @return an optional error message if no proposals can be computed 39 */ 40 String completePrefix(); 41 } 42