Interface LinkGeneratorResult

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    SelectRegionLinkGeneratorResult

    public interface LinkGeneratorResult
    A result object from a LinkGenerator. Implementations of this class specify what action to execute when the user clicks on the "link" specified by the LinkGenerator. Typically, this will do something like select another region of text in the document (the declaration of the variable at the mouse position), or open another file in the parent application, etc.
    See Also:
    SelectRegionLinkGeneratorResult
    • Method Detail

      • execute

        HyperlinkEvent execute()
        Executes the action associated with this object. If the result is a URL to open, a standard hyperlink event can be returned. Alternatively, null can be returned and the action performed in this method itself.
        Returns:
        The hyperlink event to broadcast from the text area, or null if the action's behavior occurs in this method directly.
      • getSourceOffset

        int getSourceOffset()
        Returns the starting offset of the link specified by the parent LinkGenerator.
        Returns:
        The offset.