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* Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core;
/**
* Specification for a generic source code formatter. Client plug-ins can contribute
* an implementation for an ICodeFormatter, through the extension point "org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeFormatter".
* In case none is found, a default formatter can be provided through the ToolFactory.
*
* @see ToolFactory#createCodeFormatter()
* @see ToolFactory#createDefaultCodeFormatter(java.util.Map options)
* @since 2.0
* @deprecated Use {@link org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.CodeFormatter} instead (note: options have changed)
*/
public interface ICodeFormatter {
/**
* Formats the String <code>sourceString</code>,
* and returns a string containing the formatted version.
*
* @param string the string to format
* @param indentationLevel the initial indentation level, used
* to shift left/right the entire source fragment. An initial indentation
* level of zero has no effect.
* @param positions an array of positions to map. These are
* character-based source positions inside the original source,
* arranged in non-decreasing order, for which corresponding positions in
* the formatted source will be computed (so as to relocate elements associated
* with the original source). It updates the positions array with updated
* positions. If set to <code>null</code>, then no positions are mapped.
* @param lineSeparator the line separator to use in formatted source,
* if set to <code>null</code>, then the platform default one will be used.
* @return the formatted output string.
*/
String format(String string, int indentationLevel, int[] positions, String lineSeparator);
}