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* are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jface.text;
/**
* An editor helpers is a tool that modifies the editor contents or shows
* information about the editor content in some popup. It provides clients
* with information about its state.
* <p>
* Clients may ask a helper whether it is currently displaying a shell that has
* focus, and whether document changes triggered by the helper share a common
* subject region.
* </p>
* <p>
* XXX This interface is subject to change. Do not use.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface IEditorHelper {
/**
* Checks whether the given region contains the subject region of the
* helper.
*
* @param region the region to check
* @return <code>true</code> if modifications performed by the receiver
* relate to <code>region</code>
*/
boolean isValidSubjectRegion(IRegion region);
/**
* Returns <code>true</code> if the helper's shell has focus.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the helper's shell has focus,
* <code>false</code> otherwise
*/
boolean hasShellFocus();
}