Description David Cummings 2008-01-10 11:15:50 EST

Build ID: I20071213-1700

There is currently no public API to help clients write command handlers for commands executed from marker views.  A public API should be provided to allow access to information such as the list of markers in the view, the currently selected markers in the view etc.  

The handlers implemented internally in Eclipse (for commands such as Add Task, Delete Completed task) use the internal abstract MarkerViewHandler as their base.  They then access the list of markers directly from the internal ExtendedMarkersView provided by the getView() method.

Perhaps the MarkerViewHandler could be made public with the addition of methods that access common properties of the ExtendedMarkersView, or the ExtendedMarkersView could also be made public, providing access to its currently internal get...() methods.

The method I'm specifically interested in is ExtendedMarkersView#getSelectedMarkers(), but other methods in ExtendedMarkersView might be of interest to other clients.