org.netbeans.spi.editor.codegen
Interface CodeGenerator

public interface CodeGenerator

Interface to be implemented by all generators inserting their code snippets into documents using the Insert Code editor action.

Since:

1.8

Nested Class Summary

static interface

CodeGenerator.Factory Factory creating code generators. The factory instances are looked up by the MimeLookup so they should be registered in an xml-layer in Editors/<mime-type>/CodeGenerators directory.

Method Summary

String	getDisplayName() Gets the generator's name to be displayed in the popup that appears on the Insert Code action invocation.
void	invoke() Invokes the generator to create the code snippet and insert it into a document.

Method Detail

getDisplayName

String getDisplayName()

Gets the generator's name to be displayed in the popup that appears on the Insert Code action invocation.

Returns:

non-null name

Since:

1.8

invoke

void invoke()

Invokes the generator to create the code snippet and insert it into a document.

Since:

1.8