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package org.eclipse.jdt.core;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

/**
 * Common protocol for Java elements that support source code assist and code
 * resolve.
 *
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface ICodeAssist {

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     *
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @deprecated Use {@link #codeComplete(int, ICompletionRequestor)} instead.
     */
    void codeComplete(int offset, ICodeCompletionRequestor requestor) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 2.0
     * @deprecated Use {@link #codeComplete(int, CompletionRequestor)} instead.
      */
    void codeComplete(int offset, ICompletionRequestor requestor) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     * <p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.0
      */
    void codeComplete(int offset, CompletionRequestor requestor) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     * <p>
     * If {@link IProgressMonitor} is not <code>null</code> then some proposals which
     * can be very long to compute are proposed. To avoid that the code assist operation
     * take too much time a {@link IProgressMonitor} which automatically cancel the code
     * assist operation when a specified amount of time is reached could be used.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * new IProgressMonitor() {
     *     private final static int TIMEOUT = 500; //ms
     *     private long endTime;
     *     public void beginTask(String name, int totalWork) {
     *         fEndTime= System.currentTimeMillis() + TIMEOUT;
     *     }
     *     public boolean isCanceled() {
     *         return endTime <= System.currentTimeMillis();
     *     }
     *     ...
     * };
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @param monitor the progress monitor used to report progress
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.5
      */
    void codeComplete(int offset, CompletionRequestor requestor, IProgressMonitor monitor)
            throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     * It considers types in the working copies with the given owner first. In other words,
     * the owner's working copies will take precedence over their original compilation units
     * in the workspace.
     * <p>
     * Note that if a working copy is empty, it will be as if the original compilation
     * unit had been deleted.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @param owner the owner of working copies that take precedence over their original compilation units
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.0
     * @deprecated Use {@link #codeComplete(int, CompletionRequestor, WorkingCopyOwner)} instead.
     */
    void codeComplete(int offset, ICompletionRequestor requestor, WorkingCopyOwner owner) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     * It considers types in the working copies with the given owner first. In other words,
     * the owner's working copies will take precedence over their original compilation units
     * in the workspace.
     * <p>
     * Note that if a working copy is empty, it will be as if the original compilation
     * unit had been deleted.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @param owner the owner of working copies that take precedence over their original compilation units
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.0
     */
    void codeComplete(int offset, CompletionRequestor requestor, WorkingCopyOwner owner) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Performs code completion at the given offset position in this compilation unit,
     * reporting results to the given completion requestor. The <code>offset</code>
     * is the 0-based index of the character, after which code assist is desired.
     * An <code>offset</code> of -1 indicates to code assist at the beginning of this
     * compilation unit.
     * It considers types in the working copies with the given owner first. In other words,
     * the owner's working copies will take precedence over their original compilation units
     * in the workspace.
     * <p>
     * Note that if a working copy is empty, it will be as if the original compilation
     * unit had been deleted.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * If {@link IProgressMonitor} is not <code>null</code> then some proposals which
     * can be very long to compute are proposed. To avoid that the code assist operation
     * take too much time a {@link IProgressMonitor} which automatically cancel the code
     * assist operation when a specified amount of time is reached could be used.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * new IProgressMonitor() {
     *     private final static int TIMEOUT = 500; //ms
     *     private long endTime;
     *     public void beginTask(String name, int totalWork) {
     *         fEndTime= System.currentTimeMillis() + TIMEOUT;
     *     }
     *     public boolean isCanceled() {
     *         return endTime <= System.currentTimeMillis();
     *     }
     *     ...
     * };
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param requestor the given completion requestor
     * @param owner the owner of working copies that take precedence over their original compilation units
     * @param monitor the progress monitor used to report progress
     * @exception JavaModelException if code assist could not be performed. Reasons include:<ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The position specified is < -1 or is greater than this compilation unit's
     *      source length (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>requestor</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.5
     */
    void codeComplete(int offset, CompletionRequestor requestor, WorkingCopyOwner owner, IProgressMonitor monitor)
            throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Returns the Java elements corresponding to the given selected text in this compilation unit.
     * The <code>offset</code> is the 0-based index of the first selected character.
     * The <code>length</code> is the number of selected characters.
     * <p>
     * Note that if the <code>length</code> is 0 and the <code>offset</code> is inside an identifier
     * or the index just after an identifier then this identifier is considered as the selection.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param length the number of selected characters
     * @return the Java elements corresponding to the given selected text
     *
     * @exception JavaModelException if code resolve could not be performed. Reasons include:
     * <ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The range specified is not within this element's
     *      source range (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     *
     */
    IJavaElement[] codeSelect(int offset, int length) throws JavaModelException;

    /**
     * Returns the Java elements corresponding to the given selected text in this compilation unit.
     * The <code>offset</code> is the 0-based index of the first selected character.
     * The <code>length</code> is the number of selected characters.
     * It considers types in the working copies with the given owner first. In other words,
     * the owner's working copies will take precedence over their original compilation units
     * in the workspace.
     * <p>
     * Note that if the <code>length</code> is 0 and the <code>offset</code> is inside an identifier
     * or the index just after an identifier then this identifier is considered as the selection.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * Note that if a working copy is empty, it will be as if the original compilation
     * unit had been deleted.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param offset the given offset position
     * @param length the number of selected characters
     * @param owner the owner of working copies that take precedence over their original compilation units
     * @return the Java elements corresponding to the given selected text
     *
     * @exception JavaModelException if code resolve could not be performed. Reasons include:
     * <ul>
     *  <li>This Java element does not exist (ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST)</li>
     *  <li> The range specified is not within this element's
     *      source range (INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS)
     * </ul>
     * @since 3.0
     */
    IJavaElement[] codeSelect(int offset, int length, WorkingCopyOwner owner) throws JavaModelException;
}