Class IOConsole

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    IConsole
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    MessageConsole

    public class IOConsole
    extends TextConsole
    A console that displays text from I/O streams. An I/O console can have multiple output streams connected to it and provides one input stream connected to the keyboard.

    Clients may instantiate and subclass this class.

    Since:
    3.1
    • Constructor Detail

      • IOConsole

        public IOConsole​(String name,
                         String consoleType,
                         ImageDescriptor imageDescriptor,
                         boolean autoLifecycle)
        Constructs a console with the given name, type, image, and lifecycle, with the workbench's default encoding.
        Parameters:
        name - name to display for this console
        consoleType - console type identifier or null
        imageDescriptor - image to display for this console or null
        autoLifecycle - whether lifecycle methods should be called automatically when this console is added/removed from the console manager
      • IOConsole

        public IOConsole​(String name,
                         String consoleType,
                         ImageDescriptor imageDescriptor,
                         String encoding,
                         boolean autoLifecycle)
        Constructs a console with the given name, type, image, encoding and lifecycle.
        Parameters:
        name - name to display for this console
        consoleType - console type identifier or null
        imageDescriptor - image to display for this console or null
        encoding - the encoding that should be used to render the text, or null if the system default encoding should be used
        autoLifecycle - whether lifecycle methods should be called automatically when this console is added/removed from the console manager
      • IOConsole

        public IOConsole​(String name,
                         String consoleType,
                         ImageDescriptor imageDescriptor,
                         Charset charset,
                         boolean autoLifecycle)
        Constructs a console with the given name, type, image, encoding and lifecycle.
        Parameters:
        name - name to display for this console
        consoleType - console type identifier or null
        imageDescriptor - image to display for this console or null
        charset - the encoding that should be used to render the text, must not be null
        autoLifecycle - whether lifecycle methods should be called automatically when this console is added/removed from the console manager
        Since:
        3.7
      • IOConsole

        public IOConsole​(String name,
                         String consoleType,
                         ImageDescriptor imageDescriptor)
        Constructs a console with the given name, type, and image with the workbench's default encoding. Lifecycle methods will be called when this console is added/removed from the console manager.
        Parameters:
        name - name to display for this console
        consoleType - console type identifier or null
        imageDescriptor - image to display for this console or null
      • IOConsole

        public IOConsole​(String name,
                         ImageDescriptor imageDescriptor)
        Constructs a console with the given name and image. Lifecycle methods will be called when this console is added/removed from the console manager. This console will have an unspecified (null) type.
        Parameters:
        name - name to display for this console
        imageDescriptor - image to display for this console or null
    • Method Detail

      • createPage

        public IPageBookViewPage createPage​(IConsoleView view)
        Description copied from interface: IConsole
        Creates and returns a new page for this console. The page is displayed for this console in the console given view.
        Specified by:
        createPage in interface IConsole
        Overrides:
        createPage in class TextConsole
        Parameters:
        view - the view in which the page is to be created
        Returns:
        a page book view page representation of this console
      • newOutputStream

        public IOConsoleOutputStream newOutputStream()
        Creates and returns a new output stream which may be used to write to this console. A console may be connected to more than one output stream at once. Clients are responsible for closing any output streams created on this console.

        Clients should avoid writing large amounts of output to this stream in the UI thread. The console needs to process the output in the UI thread and if the client hogs the UI thread writing output to the console, the console will not be able to process the output.

        Returns:
        a new output stream connected to this console
      • getInputStream

        public IOConsoleInputStream getInputStream()
        Returns the input stream connected to the keyboard.

        Note: It returns the stream connected to keyboard. There is no guarantee to get the stream last set with setInputStream(InputStream). The return value might be null if the current input stream is not connected to the keyboard.

        Returns:
        the input stream connected to the keyboard.
      • setInputStream

        public void setInputStream​(InputStream inputStream)
        Sets the new input stream.
        Parameters:
        inputStream - the input stream
        Since:
        3.6
      • getHighWaterMark

        public int getHighWaterMark()
        Returns the maximum number of characters that the console will display at once. This is analogous to the size of the text buffer this console maintains.
        Returns:
        the maximum number of characters that the console will display
      • getLowWaterMark

        public int getLowWaterMark()
        Returns the number of characters that will remain in this console when its high water mark is exceeded.
        Returns:
        the number of characters that will remain in this console when its high water mark is exceeded
      • setWaterMarks

        public void setWaterMarks​(int low,
                                  int high)
        Sets the text buffer size for this console. The high water mark indicates the maximum number of characters stored in the buffer. The low water mark indicates the number of characters remaining in the buffer when the high water mark is exceeded.
        Parameters:
        low - the number of characters remaining in the buffer when the high water mark is exceeded (if -1 the console does not limit output)
        high - the maximum number of characters this console will cache in its text buffer (if -1 the console does not limit output)
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if low >= high & low != -1
      • clearConsole

        public void clearConsole()
        Description copied from class: TextConsole
        Clears the console.

        Since a console may or may not support direct manipulation of its document's contents, this method should be called to clear a text console's document. The default implementation sets this console's document content to the empty string directly. Subclasses should override as required.

        Overrides:
        clearConsole in class TextConsole
      • dispose

        protected void dispose()
        Disposes this console.
        Overrides:
        dispose in class TextConsole
      • getEncoding

        public String getEncoding()
        Returns the encoding for this console.
        Returns:
        the encoding set for this console
        Since:
        3.3
      • getCharset

        public Charset getCharset()
        Returns the Charset for this console.
        Returns:
        the Charset for this console
        Since:
        3.7
      • isHandleControlCharacters

        public boolean isHandleControlCharacters()
        Check if console currently interprets ASCII control characters.
        Returns:
        true if console interprets ASCII control characters
        Since:
        3.9
      • setHandleControlCharacters

        public void setHandleControlCharacters​(boolean handleControlCharacters)
        Enable or disable interpretation of ASCII control characters like backspace (\b).
        Parameters:
        handleControlCharacters - interpret control characters if true
        Since:
        3.9
      • isCarriageReturnAsControlCharacter

        public boolean isCarriageReturnAsControlCharacter()
        Check if carriage returns (\r) in console output are interpreted as control characters. They are also not interpreted if general control character handling is disabled.
        Returns:
        if true carriage returns are interpreted as control characters.
        Since:
        3.9
        See Also:
        isHandleControlCharacters()
      • setCarriageReturnAsControlCharacter

        public void setCarriageReturnAsControlCharacter​(boolean carriageReturnAsControlCharacter)
        If control characters in console output are interpreted by this console carriage returns (\r) are either ignored (false) and usually handled as line break by connected console document or if true interpreted with there control character meaning.

        Note: this option has no effect if control character interpretation is disabled in general.

        Parameters:
        carriageReturnAsControlCharacter - set false to exclude carriage return from control character interpretation
        Since:
        3.9
        See Also:
        setHandleControlCharacters(boolean)