platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/lookup/CharFilter.java

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 * User: mike
 * Date: Jul 23, 2002
 * Time: 2:18:55 PM
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package com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup;

import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

public abstract class CharFilter {
  public static final ExtensionPointName<CharFilter> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.lookup.charFilter");

  public static enum Result {
    ADD_TO_PREFIX, SELECT_ITEM_AND_FINISH_LOOKUP, HIDE_LOOKUP
  }

  /**
   * Informs about further action on typing character c when completion lookup has specified prefix. If
   * @param c character being inserted
   * @param prefixLength
   * @param lookup
   * @return further action or null, which indicates that some other {@link com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.CharFilter}
   * should handle this char. Default char filter handles common cases like finishing with ' ', '(', ';', etc.  
   */
  @Nullable
  public abstract Result acceptChar(char c, final int prefixLength, final Lookup lookup);
}