Package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor

Class MarkerUtilities

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.MarkerUtilities

public final class MarkerUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for accessing marker attributes. The static methods provided on this class provide internal exception handling (unexpected CoreExceptions are logged to workbench).

This class provides static methods only; it is not intended to be instantiated or subclassed by clients.

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	createMarker(IResource resource, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.lang.String markerType)	Creates a marker on the given resource with the given type and attributes.
static int	getCharEnd(IMarker marker)	Returns the ending character offset of the given marker.
static int	getCharStart(IMarker marker)	Returns the starting character offset of the given marker.
static int	getLineNumber(IMarker marker)	Returns the line number of the given marker.
static java.lang.String	getMarkerType(IMarker marker)	Returns the marker type of the given marker or null if the type could not be determined.
static java.lang.String	getMessage(IMarker marker)	Returns the message associated with the given marker.
static int	getPriority(IMarker marker)	Returns the priority of the given marker.
static int	getSeverity(IMarker marker)	Returns the severity of the given marker.
static java.lang.String[]	getSuperTypes(java.lang.String markerType)	Returns the list of super types for the given marker.
static boolean	isMarkerType(IMarker marker, java.lang.String type)	Returns whether the given marker is of the given type (either directly or indirectly).
static void	setCharEnd(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map, int charEnd)	Sets the ending character offset in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.
static void	setCharEnd(IMarker marker, int charEnd)	Sets the ending character offset of the given marker.
static void	setCharStart(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map, int charStart)	Sets the starting character offset in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.
static void	setCharStart(IMarker marker, int charStart)	Sets the starting character offset of the given marker.
static void	setLineNumber(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map, int lineNum)	Sets the line number in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.
static void	setLineNumber(IMarker marker, int lineNum)	Sets the line number of the given marker.
static void	setMessage(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map, java.lang.String message)	Sets the message in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getCharEnd

public static int getCharEnd(IMarker marker)

Returns the ending character offset of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the ending character offset, or -1 if not set

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_END, IMarker.getAttribute(java.lang.String, int)

getCharStart

public static int getCharStart(IMarker marker)

Returns the starting character offset of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the starting character offset, or -1 if not set

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_START, IMarker.getAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

getLineNumber

public static int getLineNumber(IMarker marker)

Returns the line number of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the line number, or -1 if not set

See Also:

IMarker.LINE_NUMBER, IMarker.getAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

getPriority

public static int getPriority(IMarker marker)

Returns the priority of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the priority, or IMarker.PRIORITY_NORMAL if not set

See Also:

IMarker.PRIORITY, IMarker.PRIORITY_NORMAL, IMarker.getAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

getSeverity

public static int getSeverity(IMarker marker)

Returns the severity of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the priority, or IMarker.SEVERITY_INFO if not set

See Also:

IMarker.SEVERITY, IMarker.SEVERITY_INFO, IMarker.getAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

isMarkerType

public static boolean isMarkerType(IMarker marker,
                                   java.lang.String type)

Returns whether the given marker is of the given type (either directly or indirectly).

Parameters:

marker - the marker to be checked

type - the reference type

Returns:

trueif maker is an instance of the reference type

getMarkerType

public static java.lang.String getMarkerType(IMarker marker)

Returns the marker type of the given marker or null if the type could not be determined.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the marker type

Since:

3.0

getMessage

public static java.lang.String getMessage(IMarker marker)

Returns the message associated with the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

Returns:

the message associated with the marker or null

Since:

3.0

setCharEnd

public static void setCharEnd(IMarker marker,
                              int charEnd)

Sets the ending character offset of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

charEnd - the ending character offset

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_END, IMarker.setAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

setCharEnd

public static void setCharEnd(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map,
                              int charEnd)

Sets the ending character offset in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.

Parameters:

map - the map

charEnd - the ending character offset

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_END

setCharStart

public static void setCharStart(IMarker marker,
                                int charStart)

Sets the starting character offset of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

charStart - the starting character offset

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_START, IMarker.setAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

setCharStart

public static void setCharStart(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map,
                                int charStart)

Sets the starting character offset in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.

Parameters:

map - the map

charStart - the starting character offset

See Also:

IMarker.CHAR_START

setLineNumber

public static void setLineNumber(IMarker marker,
                                 int lineNum)

Sets the line number of the given marker.

Parameters:

marker - the marker

lineNum - the line number

See Also:

IMarker.LINE_NUMBER, IMarker.setAttribute(java.lang.String,int)

setLineNumber

public static void setLineNumber(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map,
                                 int lineNum)

Sets the line number in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.

Parameters:

map - the map

lineNum - the line number

See Also:

IMarker.LINE_NUMBER

setMessage

public static void setMessage(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map,
                              java.lang.String message)

Sets the message in the given map using the standard marker attribute name as the key.

Parameters:

map - the map

message - the message

See Also:

IMarker.MESSAGE

createMarker

public static void createMarker(IResource resource,
                                java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                java.lang.String markerType)
                         throws CoreException

Creates a marker on the given resource with the given type and attributes.

This method modifies the workspace (progress is not reported to the user).

Parameters:

resource - the resource

attributes - the attribute map

markerType - the type of marker

Throws:

CoreException - if this method fails

See Also:

IResource.createMarker(java.lang.String)

getSuperTypes

public static java.lang.String[] getSuperTypes(java.lang.String markerType)

Returns the list of super types for the given marker. The list is a depth first list and maintains the sequence in which the super types are listed in the marker specification.

Parameters:

markerType - the marker's type

Returns:

a depth-first list of all super types of the given marker type