ISelectionProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IContentOutlinePage, IInputSelectionProvider, IPostSelectionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractListViewer, AbstractTableViewer, AbstractTextEditor.SelectionProvider, AbstractTreeViewer, CheckboxTableViewer, CheckboxTreeViewer, ColumnViewer, ComboViewer, CommonViewer, CompareViewerPane, CompareViewerSwitchingPane, ContainerCheckedTreeViewer, ContentMergeViewer, ContentOutline, ContentOutlinePage, ContentViewer, DiffTreeViewer, ListViewer, MultiPageSelectionProvider, PageBookView.SelectionProvider, ProjectionViewer, SourceViewer, StructureDiffViewer, StructuredViewer, TableViewer, TextConsoleViewer, TextMergeViewer, TextViewer, TreeViewer, Viewer
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public interface ISelectionProvider
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Interface common to all objects that provide a selection.

See Also:

ISelection, ISelectionChangedListener, SelectionChangedEvent

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addSelectionChangedListener(ISelectionChangedListener listener)`	Adds a listener for selection changes in this selection provider.
`ISelection`	`getSelection()`	Returns the current selection for this provider.
`void`	`removeSelectionChangedListener(ISelectionChangedListener listener)`	Removes the given selection change listener from this selection provider.
`void`	`setSelection(ISelection selection)`	Sets the current selection for this selection provider.

- Method Detail
  - addSelectionChangedListener
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void addSelectionChangedListener(ISelectionChangedListener listener)
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    Adds a listener for selection changes in this selection provider. Has no effect if an identical listener is already registered.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - a selection changed listener
  - getSelection
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ISelection getSelection()
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    Returns the current selection for this provider.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current selection
  - removeSelectionChangedListener
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void removeSelectionChangedListener(ISelectionChangedListener listener)
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    Removes the given selection change listener from this selection provider. Has no effect if an identical listener is not registered.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - a selection changed listener
  - setSelection
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void setSelection(ISelection selection)
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    Sets the current selection for this selection provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    selection - the new selection