1 package net.sourceforge.phpdt.externaltools.internal.registry;
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12 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
13 import net.sourceforge.phpdt.externaltools.variable.ExpandVariableContext;
14 import net.sourceforge.phpdt.externaltools.variable.IVariableTextExpander;
17 * Represents the variable for the argument
19 public final class ArgumentVariable extends ExternalToolVariable {
20 private static final DefaultTextExpander defaultExpander = new DefaultTextExpander();
22 private IVariableTextExpander expander = null;
25 * Creates an argument variable
27 * @param tag the variable tag
28 * @param description a short description of what the variable will expand to
29 * @param element the configuration element
31 /*package*/ ArgumentVariable(String tag, String description, IConfigurationElement element) {
32 super(tag, description, element);
36 * Returns the object that can expand the variable
39 public IVariableTextExpander getExpander() {
40 if (expander == null) {
42 expander = (IVariableTextExpander) createObject(ExternalToolVariableRegistry.TAG_EXPANDER_CLASS);
43 } catch (ClassCastException exception) {
45 if (expander == null) {
46 expander = defaultExpander;
54 * Default variable text expander implementation which does
55 * not expand variables, but just returns <code>null</code>.
57 private static final class DefaultTextExpander implements IVariableTextExpander {
59 * Method declared on IVariableTextExpander.
61 public String getText(String varTag, String varValue, ExpandVariableContext context) {