Package org.jedit.core

Class FileOpenerService

java.lang.Object

org.jedit.core.FileOpenerService

public abstract class FileOpenerService
extends java.lang.Object

File Opener Service. FastOpen 2.5 and SmartOpen 1.1 offer this as a service to other plugins such as ErrorList 2.0 that can use it to open files when, for example, the error message only provides a filename and not an absolute path. A response to SF.net ticket #3481157

Since:

jEdit 5.0pre1

Author:

Alan Ezust

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileOpenerService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	open(java.lang.String fileName, View view)	Searches available FileOpenerServices and uses the first, or the preferred one based on the "fileopener.service" property.
abstract void	openFile(java.lang.String fileName, View view)	Opens a file in jEdit, given only a filename and no path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileOpenerService

public FileOpenerService()

Method Detail

openFile

public abstract void openFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                              View view)

Opens a file in jEdit, given only a filename and no path. May cause a dialog to popup asking the user for a choice.

Parameters:

fileName - the file name to search for

view - the parent View

open

public static void open(java.lang.String fileName,
                        View view)

Searches available FileOpenerServices and uses the first, or the preferred one based on the "fileopener.service" property. You can set a preferred FileOpener from the Console beanshell like this:

   jEdit.setProperty("fileopener.service", "FastOpen");  // or "SmartOpen"
   

This setting is ignored if there is only one FileOpenerService available.

Parameters:

fileName - the file name to search for

view - the parent View