Package com.intellij.lang

Class MetaLanguage

java.lang.Object

com.intellij.openapi.util.UserDataHolderBase

com.intellij.lang.Language

com.intellij.lang.MetaLanguage

All Implemented Interfaces:

UserDataHolder, UserDataHolderEx

Direct Known Subclasses:

JvmMetaLanguage, UastMetaLanguage

public abstract class MetaLanguage
extends Language

Allows to register a language extension for a group of languages defined by a certain criterion. To use this, specify the ID of a meta-language in the "language" attribute of an extension in plugin.xml.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ExtensionPointName<MetaLanguage>	EP_NAME

Fields inherited from class com.intellij.lang.Language

ANY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	MetaLanguage(java.lang.String ID)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.List<MetaLanguage>	all()
static java.util.stream.Stream<MetaLanguage>	getAllMatchingMetaLanguages(Language language)
java.util.Collection<Language>	getMatchingLanguages() Returns the list of all languages matching this meta-language.
abstract boolean	matchesLanguage(Language language) Checks if the given language matches the criterion of this meta-language.

Methods inherited from class com.intellij.lang.Language

findInstance, findInstancesByMimeType, findLanguageByID, findMyFileType, getAssociatedFileType, getBaseLanguage, getDialects, getDisplayName, getID, getMimeTypes, getRegisteredLanguages, is, isCaseSensitive, isKindOf, isKindOf, toString, unregisterDialect, unregisterLanguage, unregisterLanguages

Methods inherited from class com.intellij.openapi.util.UserDataHolderBase

changeUserMap, clearUserData, clone, copyCopyableDataTo, copyUserDataTo, getCopyableUserData, getUserData, getUserDataString, getUserMap, isUserDataEmpty, putCopyableUserData, putUserData, putUserDataIfAbsent, replace, setUserMap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EP_NAME

public static final ExtensionPointName<MetaLanguage> EP_NAME

Constructor Detail

MetaLanguage

protected MetaLanguage(java.lang.String ID)

Method Detail

all

public static java.util.List<MetaLanguage> all()

getAllMatchingMetaLanguages

public static java.util.stream.Stream<MetaLanguage> getAllMatchingMetaLanguages(Language language)

matchesLanguage

public abstract boolean matchesLanguage(Language language)

Checks if the given language matches the criterion of this meta-language.

getMatchingLanguages

public java.util.Collection<Language> getMatchingLanguages()

Returns the list of all languages matching this meta-language.