LinkHelperService (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.ui.navigator.LinkHelperService

```
public class LinkHelperService
extends Object
```
Manages the link helpers which are used to define the behavior of the link with editor function.

Since:

3.4

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ILinkHelper[]`	`getLinkHelpersFor(Object anObject)`
`ILinkHelper[]`	`getLinkHelpersFor(IEditorInput input)`
`IStructuredSelection`	`getSelectionFor(IEditorInput input)`	Return a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getLinkHelpersFor
```
public ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(Object anObject)
```
    Parameters:
    
    anObject - An object from the viewer
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of link helpers that know about elements in the selection or null
  - getLinkHelpersFor
```
public ILinkHelper[] getLinkHelpersFor(IEditorInput input)
```
    Parameters:
    
    input - The Editor input from the active viewer.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of link helpers that know about elements in the selection or null
  - getSelectionFor
```
public IStructuredSelection getSelectionFor(IEditorInput input)
```
    Return a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the editor input
    
    Returns:
    
    a selection that contains the elements that the given editor input represent