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EclipseJDT Plug-in Developer Guide
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Java Completion Proposal Computer

Identifier:
org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javaCompletionProposalComputer

Since:
3.2

Description:
This extension point allows to contribute Java completion proposal computers to participate in the content assist process of the Java editor.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( javaCompletionProposalComputer | proposalCategory)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #REQUIRED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>

  • point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
  • id - the proposal category id
  • name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT javaCompletionProposalComputer ( partition)*>

<!ATTLIST javaCompletionProposalComputer

class      CDATA #REQUIRED

activate   (true | false) "false"

categoryId IDREF "org.eclipse.jdt.ui.defaultProposalCategory"

>

A proposal computer contribution. If no partition types are specified, the computer is added to all partition types.


  • class - the name of the class that implements the contributed computer. The class must be public and implement org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.java.IJavaCompletionProposalComputer and must have a public 0-argument constructor.
  • activate - if the attribute is set to "true" it will force this plug-in to be loaded on content assist invocation
  • categoryId - the id of a proposalCategory

<!ELEMENT partition EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST partition

type (__dftl_partition_content_type|__java_singleline_comment|__java_multiline_comment|__java_javadoc|__java_string|__java_character)

>

  • type - a Java partition type for which the specified computer can provide completion proposals. See IDocument.DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE and IJavaPartitions for valid values.

<!ELEMENT proposalCategory EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST proposalCategory

icon CDATA #IMPLIED

>

A proposal category contribution defines categories of proposals used to group them in the UI.


  • icon - an optional icon of the category, which can be displayed in the user preferences

Examples:
The following is an example of a Java completion proposal computer contribution:


 <extension point=
"org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javaCompletionProposalComputer"

   id=
"textual_proposals"

   name=
"Text Proposals"
>
   <proposalCategory icon=
"icons/wordcompletions.png"
/>
 </extension>
 <extension point=
"org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javaCompletionProposalComputer"

   id=
"WordCompletionProposalComputer"

   name=
"Word Completion Proposal Computer"
>
   <javaCompletionProposalComputer
      class=
"org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.HippieProposalComputer"

      categoryId=
"org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.textual_proposals"
>
      <partition type=
"__java_javadoc"
/>
   </javaCompletionProposalComputer>
 </extension>

Supplied Implementation:
see org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.HippieProposalComputer for an example.


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