org.eclipse.jdt.core/formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/core/formatter/CodeFormatter.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter;

import org.eclipse.text.edits.TextEdit;

/**
 * Specification for a generic source code formatter.
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public abstract class CodeFormatter {

	/**
	 * Unknown kind
	 */
	public static final int K_UNKNOWN = 0x00;

	/**
	 * Kind used to format an expression
	 */
	public static final int K_EXPRESSION = 0x01;
	
	/**
	 * Kind used to format a set of statements
	 */
	public static final int K_STATEMENTS = 0x02;
	
	/**
	 * Kind used to format a set of class body declarations
	 */
	public static final int K_CLASS_BODY_DECLARATIONS = 0x04;
	
	/**
	 * Kind used to format a compilation unit
	 */
	public static final int K_COMPILATION_UNIT = 0x08;

	/**
	 * Kind used to format a single-line comment
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public static final int K_SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT = 0x10;
	/**
	 * Kind used to format a multi-line comment
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public static final int K_MULTI_LINE_COMMENT = 0x20;
	/**
	 * Kind used to format a Javadoc comment
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public static final int K_JAVA_DOC = 0x40;

	/** 
	 * Format <code>source</code>,
	 * and returns a text edit that correspond to the difference between the given string and the formatted string.
	 * It returns null if the given string cannot be formatted.
	 * 
	 * If the offset position is matching a whitespace, the result can include whitespaces. It would be up to the
	 * caller to get rid of preceeding whitespaces.
	 * 
	 * @param kind Use to specify the kind of the code snippet to format. It can be any of these:
	 *        K_EXPRESSION, K_STATEMENTS, K_CLASS_BODY_DECLARATIONS, K_COMPILATION_UNIT, K_UNKNOWN,
	 *        K_SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT, K_MULTI_LINE_COMMENT, K_JAVA_DOC
	 * @param source the source to format
	 * @param offset the given offset to start recording the edits (inclusive).
	 * @param length the given length to stop recording the edits (exclusive).
	 * @param indentationLevel the initial indentation level, used 
	 *      to shift left/right the entire source fragment. An initial indentation
	 *      level of zero or below has no effect.
	 * @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 text edit
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if offset is lower than 0, length is lower than 0 or
	 * length is greater than source length.
	 */
	public abstract TextEdit format(int kind, String source, int offset, int length, int indentationLevel, String lineSeparator);
}