bundles/org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui/src/org/eclipse/wst/xml/ui/internal/quickoutline/XMLContentSelectionProvider.java

package org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.quickoutline;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer;
import org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.IContentSelectionProvider;
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class XMLContentSelectionProvider implements IContentSelectionProvider {

	public ISelection getSelection(TreeViewer viewer, ISelection selection) {
		ISelection filteredSelection = selection;
		if (selection instanceof IStructuredSelection) {
			Object[] filteredNodes = getFilteredNodes(((IStructuredSelection) selection).toArray());
			filteredSelection = new StructuredSelection(filteredNodes);
		}
		return filteredSelection;
	}

	private Object[] getFilteredNodes(Object[] filteredNodes) {
		for (int i = 0; i < filteredNodes.length; i++) {
			filteredNodes[i] = getFilteredNode(filteredNodes[i]);
		}
		return filteredNodes;
	}

	private Object getFilteredNode(Object object) {
		if (object instanceof Node) {
			Node node = (Node) object;
			short nodeType = node.getNodeType();
			// replace attribute node in selection with its parent
			if (nodeType == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
				node = ((Attr) node).getOwnerElement();
			}
			// anything else not visible, replace with parent node
			else if (nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
				node = node.getParentNode();
			}
			return node;
		}
		return object;
	}

}