Package org.eclipse.ui.part

Class EditorInputTransfer

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer

org.eclipse.swt.dnd.ByteArrayTransfer

org.eclipse.ui.part.EditorInputTransfer

public class EditorInputTransfer
extends ByteArrayTransfer

The EditorInputTransfer class is used to transfer an IEditorInput and corresponding editorId from one part to another in a drag and drop operation. Only opening of internal editors is supported.

In every drag and drop operation there is a DragSource and a DropTarget. When a drag occurs a Transfer is used to marshall the drag data from the source into a byte array. If a drop occurs another Transfer is used to marshall the byte array into drop data for the target.

This class can be used for a Viewer or an SWT component directly. A singleton is provided which may be serially reused (see getInstance). For an implementor of IEditorInput to be supported by EditorInputTransfer, it must provide a proper implementation of IEditorInput.getPersistable. For further details, consult the org.eclipse.ui.elementFactories extension point.

The data for a transfer is represented by the EditorInputData class, and a convenience method createEditorInputData is provided. A DragSource.dragSetData implementation should set the data to an array of EditorInputData. In this way, the dragging of multiple editor inputs is supported.

Below is an example of how to set the data for dragging a single editor input using a EditorInputTransfer.

 public void dragSetData(DragSourceEvent event) {
        if (EditorInputTransfer.getInstance().isSupportedType(event.dataType)) {

                EditorInputTransfer.EditorInputData data = EditorInputTransfer.createEditorInputData(EDITOR_ID,
                                getEditorInput());
                event.data = new EditorInputTransfer.EditorInputData[] { data };
        }
 }
 

See Also:

StructuredViewer, DropTarget, DragSource, IEditorInput, IPersistableElement, IElementFactory

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	EditorInputTransfer.EditorInputData

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EditorInputTransfer.EditorInputData	createEditorInputData(String editorId, IEditorInput input)
static EditorInputTransfer	getInstance()	Returns the singleton instance.
protected int[]	getTypeIds()	Returns the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
protected String[]	getTypeNames()	Returns the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
void	javaToNative(Object data, TransferData transferData)	This implementation of javaToNative converts a java byte[] to a platform specific representation.
Object	nativeToJava(TransferData transferData)	This implementation of nativeToJava converts a platform specific representation of a byte array to a java byte[].

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.dnd.ByteArrayTransfer

getSupportedTypes, isSupportedType

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer

registerType, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EditorInputTransfer getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance.

Returns:

the singleton instance

getTypeIds

protected int[] getTypeIds()

Description copied from class: Transfer

Returns the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

Specified by:

getTypeIds in class Transfer

Returns:

the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent

getTypeNames

protected String[] getTypeNames()

Description copied from class: Transfer

Returns the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

Specified by:

getTypeNames in class Transfer

Returns:

the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

javaToNative

public void javaToNative(Object data,
                         TransferData transferData)

Description copied from class: ByteArrayTransfer

This implementation of javaToNative converts a java byte[] to a platform specific representation.

Overrides:

javaToNative in class ByteArrayTransfer

Parameters:

data - a java byte[] containing the data to be converted

transferData - an empty TransferData object that will be filled in on return with the platform specific format of the data

See Also:

Transfer.nativeToJava(org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)

nativeToJava

public Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData)

Description copied from class: ByteArrayTransfer

This implementation of nativeToJava converts a platform specific representation of a byte array to a java byte[].

Overrides:

nativeToJava in class ByteArrayTransfer

Parameters:

transferData - the platform specific representation of the data to be converted

Returns:

a java byte[] containing the converted data if the conversion was successful; otherwise null

See Also:

Transfer.javaToNative(java.lang.Object, org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)

createEditorInputData

public static EditorInputTransfer.EditorInputData createEditorInputData(String editorId,
                                                                        IEditorInput input)