org.netbeans.spi.editor.highlighting

Interface HighlightsLayerFactory

public interface HighlightsLayerFactory

Factory for producing HighlightsLayers. Modules can implement this interface and register their implementations among the mime-type specific services under the Editors folder on the system filesystem.

The infrastructure uses HighlightsLayerFactory instances registered in the mime-type specific registry to create HighlightsLayers, which will participate in rendering a document. All factories that the infrastructure considers relelvant for rendering a document will be asked to create HighlightsLayers for that document.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	HighlightsLayerFactory.Context The context passed to a factory when it is asked to create HighlightLayers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HighlightsLayer[]	createLayers(HighlightsLayerFactory.Context context) Creates HighlightLayers appropriate for the context passed in.

Method Detail

createLayers

HighlightsLayer[] createLayers(HighlightsLayerFactory.Context context)

Creates HighlightLayers appropriate for the context passed in.

Parameters:

context - The context that should be used for creating the layer.

Returns:

The array of HighlightLayers that should be used for rendering the document in the Context. This method can return null if there are no HighlightLayers available.