package org.eclipse.jface.text; | |
/* | |
* (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001. | |
* All Rights Reserved. | |
*/ | |
/** | |
* Interface for storing and managing text. | |
* Provides access to the stored text and allows to manipulate it. | |
* Clients may implement this interface. | |
*/ | |
public interface ITextStore { | |
/** | |
* Returns the character at the specified offset. | |
* | |
* @param offset the offset in this text store | |
* @return the character at this offset | |
*/ | |
char get(int offset); | |
/** | |
* Returns the text of the specified character range. | |
* | |
* @param offset the offset of the range | |
* @param length the length of the range | |
* @return the text of the range | |
*/ | |
String get(int offset, int length); | |
/** | |
* Returns number of characters stored in this text store. | |
* | |
* @return the number of characters stored in this text store | |
*/ | |
int getLength(); | |
/** | |
* Replaces the specified character range with the given text. | |
* <code>replace(getLength(), 0, "some text")</code> is a valid | |
* call and appends text to the end of the text store. | |
* | |
* @param offset the offset of the range to be replaced | |
* @param length the number of characters to be replaced | |
* @param text the substitution text | |
*/ | |
void replace(int offset, int length, String text); | |
/** | |
* Replace the content of the text store with the given text. | |
* Convenience method for <code>replace(0, getLength(), text</code>. | |
* | |
* @param text the new content of the text store | |
*/ | |
void set(String text); | |
} |