Package org.sonar.api.batch.sensor.highlighting

Interface NewHighlighting

public interface NewHighlighting

This builder is used to define syntax highlighting (aka code coloration) on files. Example:

   sensorContext.newHighlighting().onFile(inputFile)
     .highlight(1, 10, 1, 15, KEYWORD)
     .highlight(1, 16, 1, 18, STRING)
     // Add more highlight if needed
     .save();
     
 

Since:

5.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
NewHighlighting	highlight(int startLine, int startLineOffset, int endLine, int endLineOffset, TypeOfText typeOfText)	Shortcut to avoid calling InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int)
NewHighlighting	highlight(TextRange range, TypeOfText typeOfText)	Call this method to indicate the type of text in a range.
NewHighlighting	onFile(InputFile inputFile)	The file the highlighting belongs to.
void	save()	Call this method only once when your are done with defining highlighting of the file.

Method Detail

onFile

NewHighlighting onFile(InputFile inputFile)

The file the highlighting belongs to.

highlight

NewHighlighting highlight(TextRange range,
                          TypeOfText typeOfText)

Call this method to indicate the type of text in a range.

Parameters:

range - Range of text to highlight. See for example InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int).

typeOfText - see TypeOfText values.

Since:

5.6

highlight

NewHighlighting highlight(int startLine,
                          int startLineOffset,
                          int endLine,
                          int endLineOffset,
                          TypeOfText typeOfText)

Shortcut to avoid calling InputFile.newRange(int, int, int, int)

Parameters:

typeOfText - see TypeOfText values.

Since:

5.6

save

void save()

Call this method only once when your are done with defining highlighting of the file. It is not supported to save highlighting twice for the same file.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if you have defined overlapping highlighting