OpenJDK 27 · jdk.internal.editor.external.ExternalEditor

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Path	dir
private final Consumer<String>	errorHandler
private final Runnable	promptForNewLineToEndWait
private final Runnable	resumeInteractiveInput
private final Consumer<String>	saveHandler
private final Runnable	suspendInteractiveInput
private Path	tmpfile
private final boolean	wait
private Thread	watchedThread
private WatchService	watcher

Access	Constructor and Description
pack-priv	ExternalEditor(Consumer<String> errorHandler, Consumer<String> saveHandler, Runnable suspendInteractiveInput, Runnable resumeInteractiveInput, boolean wait, Runnable promptForNewLineToEndWait)

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private void	deleteDirectory()
public static void	edit(String[] the command to launch (with parameters) cmd, String initial text in the editor buffer initialText, Consumer<String> handler for error messages errorHandler, Consumer<String> handler sent the buffer contents on save saveHandler, Runnable a callback to suspend caller (shell) input suspendInteractiveInput, Runnable a callback to resume caller input resumeInteractiveInput, boolean true, if editor process termination cannot be used to determine when done wait, Runnable a callback to prompt for newline if wait==true promptForNewLineToEndWait) Launch an external editor.
private void	edit(String[] cmd, String initialText)
private void	launch(String[] cmd)
private void	saveFile()
private void	setupWatch(String initialText) Creates a WatchService and registers the given directory

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

dir	back to summary
private Path dir

errorHandler	back to summary
private final Consumer<String> errorHandler

promptForNewLineToEndWait	back to summary
private final Runnable promptForNewLineToEndWait

resumeInteractiveInput	back to summary
private final Runnable resumeInteractiveInput

saveHandler	back to summary
private final Consumer<String> saveHandler

suspendInteractiveInput	back to summary
private final Runnable suspendInteractiveInput

tmpfile	back to summary
private Path tmpfile

wait	back to summary
private final boolean wait

watchedThread	back to summary
private Thread watchedThread

watcher	back to summary
private WatchService watcher

ExternalEditor	back to summary
pack-priv ExternalEditor(Consumer<String> errorHandler, Consumer<String> saveHandler, Runnable suspendInteractiveInput, Runnable resumeInteractiveInput, boolean wait, Runnable promptForNewLineToEndWait)

deleteDirectory	back to summary
private void deleteDirectory()

edit	back to summary
public static void edit(String[] cmd, String initialText, Consumer<String> errorHandler, Consumer<String> saveHandler, Runnable suspendInteractiveInput, Runnable resumeInteractiveInput, boolean wait, Runnable promptForNewLineToEndWait) Launch an external editor. Parameters cmd:String[] the command to launch (with parameters) initialText:String initial text in the editor buffer errorHandler:Consumer<String> handler for error messages saveHandler:Consumer<String> handler sent the buffer contents on save suspendInteractiveInput:Runnable a callback to suspend caller (shell) input resumeInteractiveInput:Runnable a callback to resume caller input wait:boolean true, if editor process termination cannot be used to determine when done promptForNewLineToEndWait:Runnable a callback to prompt for newline if wait==true

edit

public static void edit(String[] cmd, String initialText, Consumer<String> errorHandler, Consumer<String> saveHandler, Runnable suspendInteractiveInput, Runnable resumeInteractiveInput, boolean wait, Runnable promptForNewLineToEndWait)

Launch an external editor.

Parameters

cmd:String[]: the command to launch (with parameters)
initialText:String: initial text in the editor buffer
errorHandler:Consumer<String>: handler for error messages
saveHandler:Consumer<String>: handler sent the buffer contents on save
suspendInteractiveInput:Runnable: a callback to suspend caller (shell) input
resumeInteractiveInput:Runnable: a callback to resume caller input
wait:boolean: true, if editor process termination cannot be used to determine when done
promptForNewLineToEndWait:Runnable: a callback to prompt for newline if wait==true

edit	back to summary
private void edit(String[] cmd, String initialText)

launch	back to summary
private void launch(String[] cmd) throws IOException

saveFile	back to summary
private void saveFile()

setupWatch	back to summary
private void setupWatch(String initialText) throws IOException Creates a WatchService and registers the given directory