org.eclipse.search/search/org/eclipse/search/ui/SearchUI.java

/*
 * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 */
package org.eclipse.search.ui;

import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;

import org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.SearchPlugin;
import org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.SearchPluginImages;

/**
 * The central class for access to the Search Plug-in's User Interface. 
 * This class cannot be instantiated; all functionality is provided by 
 * static methods.
 * 
 * Features provided:
 * <ul>
 * <li>convenient access to the search result view of the active workbench
 *   window.</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 *
 * @see ISearchResultView
 */
public final class SearchUI {
	/**
	 * Search Plug-in Id (value <code>"org.eclipse.search"</code>).
	 */
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID= "org.eclipse.search"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	/** 
	 * Search marker type (value <code>"org.eclipse.search.searchmarker"</code>).
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker
	 */ 
	public static final String SEARCH_MARKER=  PLUGIN_ID + ".searchmarker"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	/** 
	 * Line marker attribute (value <code>"line"</code>)
	 * The value of the marker attribute is the line which contains the text search match.
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker#getAttribute
	 */
	public static final String LINE= "line"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	/** 
	 * Id of the search result view
	 * (value <code>"org.eclipse.search.SearchResultView"</code>).
	 */
	public static final String SEARCH_RESULT_VIEW_ID= PLUGIN_ID + ".SearchResultView"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	/**
	 * Activates the search result view in the active page of the
	 * active workbench window. This call has no effect (but returns <code>true</code>
	 * if the search result view is already activated.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the search result view could be activated
	 */
	public static boolean activateSearchResultView() {
		return SearchPlugin.activateSearchResultView();	
	}		
	/**
	 * Returns the search result view of the active page of the
	 * active workbench window.
	 *
	 * @return	the search result view or <code>null</code>
	 * 		if there is no active search result view
	 */
	public static ISearchResultView getSearchResultView() {
		return SearchPlugin.getSearchResultView();	
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the shared search marker image.
	 * Normally, editors show this icon in their vertical ruler.
	 * This image is owned by the search UI plug-in and must not be disposed
	 * by clients.
	 *
	 * @return the shared image
	 */
	public static Image getSearchMarkerImage() {
		return SearchPluginImages.get(SearchPluginImages.IMG_OBJ_SEARCHMARKER);
	}

	/**
	 * Block instantiation.
	 */
	private SearchUI() {
	}
}