Bug 10955

Summary:	DCR - search: too limiting api of IJavaSearchScope
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Adam Kiezun <akiezun>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Jerome Lanneluc <jerome_lanneluc>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	2.0 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Adam Kiezun

2002-03-07 10:45:13 EST

currently, it only has a 

public boolean encloses(IResource element);

method, which makes it somewhat difficult to use.

if i add only 1 file to the scope and pass the scope to somebody else
they have no efficient way to retrieve that information
so, in order to do sth in that scope, they have to iterate thru _all_ files and 
call the 'encloses' method.

there should be a way to get the information that was used to create the scope -
now, it's a kind of black hole'ish - you put stuff and can get it out only with 
great difficulty.

Comment 1 Adam Kiezun

2002-03-07 10:49:54 EST

the description and title were bogus
it should say:

public boolean encloses(IJavaElement element);

Comment 2 Philipe Mulet

2002-03-11 10:48:44 EST

We cannot augment the search scope API without breaking our 1.0 customers who 
could have implemented it.

Comment 3 Philipe Mulet

2002-03-19 04:19:34 EST

Jerome - please check spec'ed comment, and close. We cannot add any new API.

Comment 4 Jerome Lanneluc

2002-03-25 10:11:41 EST

Yes, spec says that clients may choose to implement this interface, so it is 
too late to add new methods to IJavaSearchScope.
Closing.