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## Package org.eclipse.jface.text.information

Provides an information provider add-on for an `ITextViewer`.

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Description

Interface Summary
IInformationPresenter | An information presenter shows information available at the text viewer's current document position.
IInformationPresenterExtension | Extends `IInformationPresenter` with the ability to handle documents with multiple partitions.
IInformationProvider | Provides information related to the content of a text viewer.
IInformationProviderExtension | Extends `IInformationProvider` with the ability to provide the element for a given subject.
IInformationProviderExtension2 | Extends `IInformationProvider` with the ability to provide its own information presenter control creator.

Class Summary
InformationPresenter | Standard implementation of `IInformationPresenter`.

## Package org.eclipse.jface.text.information Description

Provides an information provider add-on for an `ITextViewer`. An information provider presents information for a certain subject in a specific information control. An information control usually is a floating window.

## Package Specification

`IInformationPresenter` defines the concept of an information provider. It collaborates with content type specific information providers (`IInformationProvider`) which determine for a certain offset in a text viewer an information subject and the information available about this subject.. The package contains a default implementation of `IInformationPresenter` (`InformationPresenter`).

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