Package org.eclipse.jface.text.formatter

Provides a text formatter add-on for an ITextViewer.

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Description

Interface Summary

IContentFormatter	The interface of a document content formatter.
IContentFormatterExtension	Extension interface for IContentFormatter.
IContentFormatterExtension2	Extension interface for IContentFormatter.
IFormattingContext	Formatting context used in formatting strategies implementing interface IFormattingStrategyExtension.
IFormattingStrategy	An formatting strategy is assumed to be specialized on formatting text of a particular content type.
IFormattingStrategyExtension	Extension interface for IFormattingStrategy.

Class Summary

ContentFormatter	Standard implementation of IContentFormatter.
ContentFormatter2	Improved standard implementation of IContentFormatter.
ContextBasedFormattingStrategy	Formatting strategy for context based content formatting.
FormattingContext	Default implementation of IFormattingContext.
FormattingContextProperties	Keys used by IFormattingContext objects to register specific properties needed during the formatting process of a content formatter implementing IContentFormatterExtension2.

Package org.eclipse.jface.text.formatter Description

Provides a text formatter add-on for an ITextViewer. A text formatter changes the formatting of document region while preserving and correctly updating the positions of the document.

Package Specification

IContentFormatter defines the concept of a text formatter. It collaborates with content type specific formatting stratgies (IFormattingStrategy) which for a given document region format the subregion with the matching content type. The package contains a default implementation of IContentFormatter (ContentFormatter).