Class ElementMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.modeling.ElementMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

Selector

public class ElementMatcher
extends Object
implements Selector

This is an implementation of a Selector that implements the existing 'findElements'. Clients may subclass this and override the 'select' method in order to define custom filters.

Since:

1.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ElementMatcher(String id, Class<?> clazz, String tag)
ElementMatcher(String id, Class<?> clazz, List<String> tagsToMatch)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	select(MApplicationElement element)	Call for each element to find matching elements

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

ElementMatcher

public ElementMatcher(String id,
 Class<?> clazz,
 String tag)

Parameters:

id - The elementId of the desired element

clazz - The class specification of the desired element

tag - A tag which must be specified on the desired element

ElementMatcher

public ElementMatcher(String id,
 Class<?> clazz,
 List<String> tagsToMatch)

Parameters:

id - The elementId of the desired element

clazz - The class specification of the desired element

tagsToMatch - A list of tags which must all be specified on the desired element

Method Details

select

public boolean select(MApplicationElement element)

Description copied from interface: Selector

Call for each element to find matching elements

Specified by:

select in interface Selector

Parameters:

element - the element

Returns:

true if matches else false