org.eclipse.ui.examples.javaeditor/Template Editor Example/org/eclipse/ui/examples/templateeditor/template/AntVariableResolver.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.examples.templateeditor.template;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.templates.TemplateContext;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.templates.TemplateVariableResolver;

/**
 * Looks up existing ant variables and proposes them. The proposals are sorted by
 * their prefix-likeness with the variable type.
 */
public class AntVariableResolver extends TemplateVariableResolver {
	@Override
	protected String[] resolveAll(TemplateContext context) {
		String[] proposals= new String[] { "${srcDir}", "${dstDir}" }; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$

		Arrays.sort(proposals, new Comparator<String>() {

			@Override
			public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
				return getCommonPrefixLength(getType(), o2) - getCommonPrefixLength(getType(), o1);
			}

			private int getCommonPrefixLength(String type, String var) {
				int i= 0;
				CharSequence vSeq= var.subSequence(2, var.length() - 1); // strip away ${}
				while (i < type.length() && i < vSeq.length())
					if (Character.toLowerCase(type.charAt(i)) == Character.toLowerCase(vSeq.charAt(i)))
						i++;
					else
						break;
				return i;
			}
		});

		return proposals;
	}
}