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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ * * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jface.text.source;
Annotation managed by an IAnnotationModel.

Annotations are typed, can have an associated text and can be marked as persistent and deleted. Annotations which are not explicitly initialized with an annotation type are of type "org.eclipse.text.annotation.unknown".

/** * Annotation managed by an * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.source.IAnnotationModel}. * <p> * Annotations are typed, can have an associated text and can be marked as persistent and * deleted. Annotations which are not explicitly initialized with an annotation * type are of type <code>"org.eclipse.text.annotation.unknown"</code>. */
public class Annotation {
Constant for unknown annotation types.

Value: "org.eclipse.text.annotation.unknown"

Since:3.0
/** * Constant for unknown annotation types.<p> * Value: <code>"org.eclipse.text.annotation.unknown"</code> * @since 3.0 */
public final static String TYPE_UNKNOWN= "org.eclipse.text.annotation.unknown"; //$NON-NLS-1$
The type of this annotation.
Since:3.0
/** * The type of this annotation. * @since 3.0 */
private String fType;
Indicates whether this annotation is persistent or not.
Since:3.0
/** * Indicates whether this annotation is persistent or not. * @since 3.0 */
private boolean fIsPersistent= false;
Indicates whether this annotation is marked as deleted or not.
Since:3.0
/** * Indicates whether this annotation is marked as deleted or not. * @since 3.0 */
private boolean fMarkedAsDeleted= false;
The text associated with this annotation.
Since:3.0
/** * The text associated with this annotation. * @since 3.0 */
private String fText;
Creates a new annotation that is not persistent and type less.
/** * Creates a new annotation that is not persistent and type less. */
protected Annotation() { this(null, false, null); }
Creates a new annotation with the given properties.
Params:
  • type – the unique name of this annotation type
  • isPersistent – true if this annotation is persistent, false otherwise
  • text – the text associated with this annotation
Since:3.0
/** * Creates a new annotation with the given properties. * * @param type the unique name of this annotation type * @param isPersistent <code>true</code> if this annotation is * persistent, <code>false</code> otherwise * @param text the text associated with this annotation * @since 3.0 */
public Annotation(String type, boolean isPersistent, String text) { fType= type; fIsPersistent= isPersistent; fText= text; }
Creates a new annotation with the given persistence state.
Params:
  • isPersistent – true if persistent, false otherwise
Since:3.0
/** * Creates a new annotation with the given persistence state. * * @param isPersistent <code>true</code> if persistent, <code>false</code> otherwise * @since 3.0 */
public Annotation(boolean isPersistent) { this(null, isPersistent, null); }
Returns whether this annotation is persistent.
Returns:true if this annotation is persistent, false otherwise
Since:3.0
/** * Returns whether this annotation is persistent. * * @return <code>true</code> if this annotation is persistent, <code>false</code> * otherwise * @since 3.0 */
public boolean isPersistent() { return fIsPersistent; }
Sets the type of this annotation.
Params:
  • type – the annotation type
Since:3.0
/** * Sets the type of this annotation. * * @param type the annotation type * @since 3.0 */
public void setType(String type) { fType= type; }
Returns the type of the annotation.
Returns:the type of the annotation
Since:3.0
/** * Returns the type of the annotation. * * @return the type of the annotation * @since 3.0 */
public String getType() { return fType == null ? TYPE_UNKNOWN : fType; }
Marks this annotation deleted according to the value of the deleted parameter.
Params:
  • deleted – true if annotation should be marked as deleted
Since:3.0
/** * Marks this annotation deleted according to the value of the * <code>deleted</code> parameter. * * @param deleted <code>true</code> if annotation should be marked as deleted * @since 3.0 */
public void markDeleted(boolean deleted) { fMarkedAsDeleted= deleted; }
Returns whether this annotation is marked as deleted.
Returns:true if annotation is marked as deleted, false otherwise
Since:3.0
/** * Returns whether this annotation is marked as deleted. * * @return <code>true</code> if annotation is marked as deleted, <code>false</code> * otherwise * @since 3.0 */
public boolean isMarkedDeleted() { return fMarkedAsDeleted; }
Sets the text associated with this annotation.
Params:
  • text – the text associated with this annotation
Since:3.0
/** * Sets the text associated with this annotation. * * @param text the text associated with this annotation * @since 3.0 */
public void setText(String text) { fText= text; }
Returns the text associated with this annotation.
Returns:the text associated with this annotation or null
Since:3.0
/** * Returns the text associated with this annotation. * * @return the text associated with this annotation or <code>null</code> * @since 3.0 */
public String getText() { return fText; } }