GWT 2.7.0

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui
Class MultiWordSuggestOracle

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle
      extended by com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.MultiWordSuggestOracle

public class MultiWordSuggestOracle
extends SuggestOracle

The default SuggestOracle. The default oracle returns potential suggestions based on breaking the query into separate words and looking for matches. It also modifies the returned text to show which prefix matched the query term. The matching is case insensitive. All suggestions are sorted before being passed into a response.

Example Table

All Suggestions Query string Matching Suggestions
John Smith, Joe Brown, Jane Doe, Jane Smith, Bob Jones Jo John Smith, Joe Brown, Bob Jones
John Smith, Joe Brown, Jane Doe, Jane Smith, Bob Jones Smith John Smith, Jane Smith
Georgia, New York, California g Georgia


Nested Class Summary
static class MultiWordSuggestOracle.MultiWordSuggestion
          Suggestion class for MultiWordSuggestOracle.
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle
SuggestOracle.Callback, SuggestOracle.Request, SuggestOracle.Response, SuggestOracle.Suggestion
 
Constructor Summary
MultiWordSuggestOracle()
          Constructor for MultiWordSuggestOracle.
MultiWordSuggestOracle(java.lang.String whitespaceChars)
          Constructor for MultiWordSuggestOracle which takes in a set of whitespace chars that filter its input.
 
Method Summary
 void add(java.lang.String suggestion)
          Adds a suggestion to the oracle.
 void addAll(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> collection)
          Adds all suggestions specified.
 void clear()
          Removes all of the suggestions from the oracle.
protected  MultiWordSuggestOracle.MultiWordSuggestion createSuggestion(java.lang.String replacementString, java.lang.String displayString)
          Creates the suggestion based on the given replacement and display strings.
 boolean isDisplayStringHTML()
          Should SuggestOracle.Suggestion display strings be treated as HTML? If true, this all suggestions' display strings will be interpreted as HTML, otherwise as text.
 void requestDefaultSuggestions(SuggestOracle.Request request, SuggestOracle.Callback callback)
          Generate a SuggestOracle.Response based on a default request.
 void requestSuggestions(SuggestOracle.Request request, SuggestOracle.Callback callback)
          Generate a SuggestOracle.Response based on a specific SuggestOracle.Request.
 void setComparator(java.util.Comparator<java.lang.String> comparator)
          Sets the comparator used for sorting candidates from search.
 void setDefaultSuggestions(java.util.Collection<SuggestOracle.Suggestion> suggestionList)
          Sets the default suggestion collection.
 void setDefaultSuggestionsFromText(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> suggestionList)
          A convenience method to set default suggestions using plain text strings.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

MultiWordSuggestOracle

public MultiWordSuggestOracle()
Constructor for MultiWordSuggestOracle. This uses a space as the whitespace character.

See Also:
MultiWordSuggestOracle(String)

MultiWordSuggestOracle

public MultiWordSuggestOracle(java.lang.String whitespaceChars)
Constructor for MultiWordSuggestOracle which takes in a set of whitespace chars that filter its input.

Example: If ".," is passed in as whitespace, then the string "foo.bar" would match the queries "foo", "bar", "foo.bar", "foo...bar", and "foo, bar". If the empty string is used, then all characters are used in matching. For example, the query "bar" would match "bar", but not "foo bar".

Parameters:
whitespaceChars - the characters to treat as word separators
Method Detail

add

public void add(java.lang.String suggestion)
Adds a suggestion to the oracle. Each suggestion must be plain text.

Parameters:
suggestion - the suggestion

addAll

public final void addAll(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> collection)
Adds all suggestions specified. Each suggestion must be plain text.

Parameters:
collection - the collection

clear

public void clear()
Removes all of the suggestions from the oracle.


isDisplayStringHTML

public boolean isDisplayStringHTML()
Description copied from class: SuggestOracle
Should SuggestOracle.Suggestion display strings be treated as HTML? If true, this all suggestions' display strings will be interpreted as HTML, otherwise as text.

Overrides:
isDisplayStringHTML in class SuggestOracle
Returns:
by default, returns false

requestDefaultSuggestions

public void requestDefaultSuggestions(SuggestOracle.Request request,
                                      SuggestOracle.Callback callback)
Description copied from class: SuggestOracle
Generate a SuggestOracle.Response based on a default request. The request query must be null as it represents the results the oracle should return based on no query string.

After the SuggestOracle.Response is created, it is passed into SuggestOracle.Callback.onSuggestionsReady(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle.Request, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle.Response) .

Overrides:
requestDefaultSuggestions in class SuggestOracle
Parameters:
request - the request
callback - the callback to use for the response

requestSuggestions

public void requestSuggestions(SuggestOracle.Request request,
                               SuggestOracle.Callback callback)
Description copied from class: SuggestOracle
Generate a SuggestOracle.Response based on a specific SuggestOracle.Request. After the SuggestOracle.Response is created, it is passed into SuggestOracle.Callback.onSuggestionsReady(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle.Request, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SuggestOracle.Response).

Specified by:
requestSuggestions in class SuggestOracle
Parameters:
request - the request
callback - the callback to use for the response

setComparator

public void setComparator(java.util.Comparator<java.lang.String> comparator)
Sets the comparator used for sorting candidates from search.

Parameters:
comparator - the comparator to use.

setDefaultSuggestions

public void setDefaultSuggestions(java.util.Collection<SuggestOracle.Suggestion> suggestionList)
Sets the default suggestion collection.

Parameters:
suggestionList - the default list of suggestions

setDefaultSuggestionsFromText

public final void setDefaultSuggestionsFromText(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> suggestionList)
A convenience method to set default suggestions using plain text strings. Note to use this method each default suggestion must be plain text.

Parameters:
suggestionList - the default list of suggestions

createSuggestion

protected MultiWordSuggestOracle.MultiWordSuggestion createSuggestion(java.lang.String replacementString,
                                                                      java.lang.String displayString)
Creates the suggestion based on the given replacement and display strings.

Parameters:
replacementString - the string to enter into the SuggestBox's text box if the suggestion is chosen
displayString - the display string
Returns:
the suggestion created

GWT 2.7.0