org.eclipse.ui.editors/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/texteditor/AnnotationType.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor;

import org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AnnotationPreference;

/**
 * Represents an annotation type.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public final class AnnotationType {
	private String fType;
	private String[] fSuperTypes;
	private AnnotationPreference fPreference;
	
	public AnnotationType(String type, String[] superTypes) {
		fType= type;
		fSuperTypes= superTypes;
	}
	
	public String getType() {
		return fType;
	}
	
	public String[] getSuperTypes() {
		return fSuperTypes;
	}
	
	/**
	 * For internal use only.
	 * 
	 * @return the annotation preference
	 */
	public AnnotationPreference getPreference() {
		return fPreference;
	}
	
	/**
	 * For internal use only.
	 * 
	 * @param preference the annotation preference
	 */
	public void setAnnotationPreference(AnnotationPreference preference) {
		fPreference= preference;
	}
	
	public boolean isSubtype(String superType) {
		if (fSuperTypes == null || superType == null)
			return false;
		
		if (superType.equals(fType))
			return true;
		
		for (int i= fSuperTypes.length -1; i > -1; i--) {
			if (superType.equals(fSuperTypes[i]))
				return true;
		}
		
		return false;
	}
}