Package org.eclipse.ui.quickaccess

Interface IQuickAccessComputerExtension

All Superinterfaces:
IQuickAccessComputer
public interface IQuickAccessComputerExtension extends IQuickAccessComputer
Extension interface for IQuickAccessComputer that provides ability to compute a new extra set of proposals whenever filter change.

This interfaces is intended to cover cases for which computing all possible elements statically with IQuickAccessComputer.computeElements() is either impossible or too expensive or not relevant; in which case it can be preferred to compute those proposals according to user input.

This interface is not intended to deal with filtering: the returned elements would still be filtered according to user input.

Since:
3.116

  • Method Details

    • computeElements

      QuickAccessElement[] computeElements(String query, IProgressMonitor monitor)
      Returns elements that are relevant for the given query.

      This method is not intended to deal with filtering: the returned elements will still be filtered according to user input.

      This method will be called for each change in the query. So, if possible, it's preferred to use IQuickAccessComputer.computeElements() which is called only once per session and whose result is reused, leading to better performance.

      Parameters:
      query - query text
      monitor - support for feedback and cancellation
      Returns:
      the elements that can be inferred from the query.