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package org.eclipse.jface.text; import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
Positions describe text ranges of a document. Positions are adapted to changes applied to that document. The text range is specified by an offset and a length. Positions can be marked as deleted. Deleted positions are considered to no longer represent a valid text range in the managing document.

Positions attached to documents are usually updated by position updaters. Because position updaters are freely definable and because of the frequency in which they are used, the fields of a position are made publicly accessible. Clients other than position updaters are not allowed to access these public fields.

Positions cannot be used as keys in hash tables as they override equals and hashCode as they would be value objects.

See Also:
  • IDocument
/** * Positions describe text ranges of a document. Positions are adapted to * changes applied to that document. The text range is specified by an offset * and a length. Positions can be marked as deleted. Deleted positions are * considered to no longer represent a valid text range in the managing * document. * <p> * Positions attached to documents are usually updated by position updaters. * Because position updaters are freely definable and because of the frequency * in which they are used, the fields of a position are made publicly * accessible. Clients other than position updaters are not allowed to access * these public fields. * </p> * <p> * Positions cannot be used as keys in hash tables as they override * <code>equals</code> and <code>hashCode</code> as they would be value * objects. * </p> * * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument */
public class Position {
The offset of the position
/** The offset of the position */
public int offset;
The length of the position
/** The length of the position */
public int length;
Indicates whether the position has been deleted
/** Indicates whether the position has been deleted */
public boolean isDeleted;
Creates a new position with the given offset and length 0.
Params:
  • offset – the position offset, must be >= 0
/** * Creates a new position with the given offset and length 0. * * @param offset the position offset, must be &gt;= 0 */
public Position(int offset) { this(offset, 0); }
Creates a new position with the given offset and length.
Params:
  • offset – the position offset, must be >= 0
  • length – the position length, must be >= 0
/** * Creates a new position with the given offset and length. * * @param offset the position offset, must be &gt;= 0 * @param length the position length, must be &gt;= 0 */
public Position(int offset, int length) { Assert.isTrue(offset >= 0); Assert.isTrue(length >= 0); this.offset= offset; this.length= length; }
Creates a new, not initialized position.
/** * Creates a new, not initialized position. */
protected Position() { } @Override public int hashCode() { int deleted= isDeleted ? 0 : 1; return (offset << 24) | (length << 16) | deleted; }
Marks this position as deleted.
/** * Marks this position as deleted. */
public void delete() { isDeleted= true; }
Marks this position as not deleted.
Since:2.0
/** * Marks this position as not deleted. * * @since 2.0 */
public void undelete() { isDeleted= false; } @Override public boolean equals(Object other) { if (other instanceof Position) { Position rp= (Position) other; return (rp.offset == offset) && (rp.length == length); } return super.equals(other); }
Returns the length of this position.
Returns:the length of this position
/** * Returns the length of this position. * * @return the length of this position */
public int getLength() { return length; }
Returns the offset of this position.
Returns:the offset of this position
/** * Returns the offset of this position. * * @return the offset of this position */
public int getOffset() { return offset; }
Checks whether the given index is inside of this position's text range.
Params:
  • index – the index to check
Returns:true if index is inside of this position
/** * Checks whether the given index is inside * of this position's text range. * * @param index the index to check * @return <code>true</code> if <code>index</code> is inside of this position */
public boolean includes(int index) { if (isDeleted) return false; return (this.offset <= index) && (index < this.offset + length); }
Checks whether the intersection of the given text range and the text range represented by this position is empty or not.
Params:
  • rangeOffset – the offset of the range to check
  • rangeLength – the length of the range to check
Returns:true if intersection is not empty
/** * Checks whether the intersection of the given text range * and the text range represented by this position is empty * or not. * * @param rangeOffset the offset of the range to check * @param rangeLength the length of the range to check * @return <code>true</code> if intersection is not empty */
public boolean overlapsWith(int rangeOffset, int rangeLength) { if (isDeleted) return false; int end= rangeOffset + rangeLength; int thisEnd= this.offset + this.length; if (rangeLength > 0) { if (this.length > 0) return this.offset < end && rangeOffset < thisEnd; return rangeOffset <= this.offset && this.offset < end; } if (this.length > 0) return this.offset <= rangeOffset && rangeOffset < thisEnd; return this.offset == rangeOffset; }
Returns whether this position has been deleted or not.
Returns:true if position has been deleted
/** * Returns whether this position has been deleted or not. * * @return <code>true</code> if position has been deleted */
public boolean isDeleted() { return isDeleted; }
Changes the length of this position to the given length.
Params:
  • length – the new length of this position
/** * Changes the length of this position to the given length. * * @param length the new length of this position */
public void setLength(int length) { Assert.isTrue(length >= 0); this.length= length; }
Changes the offset of this position to the given offset.
Params:
  • offset – the new offset of this position
/** * Changes the offset of this position to the given offset. * * @param offset the new offset of this position */
public void setOffset(int offset) { Assert.isTrue(offset >= 0); this.offset= offset; } @Override public String toString() { String position= "offset: " + offset + ", length: " + length; //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$ return isDeleted ? position + " (deleted)" : position; //$NON-NLS-1$ } }