Get multiple selected AuthorNodes

[cditcher]

Hi I am attempting to get multiple selected nodes (something like List<AuthorNode>) from AuthorAccess object in our custom framework. Consider the scenario of multiple cells selected in a table (we are using oasis:table). You can see from the attached screenshot the user has selected 4 cells across 2 columns and see the corresponding selected elements in the outline view to the left.

I have attempted the following test code:

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List<ContentInterval> selections = aa.getEditorAccess().getAuthorSelectionModel().getSelectionIntervals();

			for (ContentInterval contentInterval : selections) {

				log.debug(aa.getDocumentController().getNodeAtOffset(contentInterval.getStartOffset()).getDisplayName());

			}

The log output shows that only the trow parent elements are selected by this:

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7004548 DEBUG[ AWT-EventQueue-0 ] ca.bc.gov.qp.civix.municipal.action.TableOperation - oasis:trow

7005643 DEBUG [ AWT-EventQueue-0 ] ca.bc.gov.qp.civix.municipal.action.TableOperation - oasis:trow

I am trying to get a List<AuthorNode> of the selected (in this case) <oasis:entry/> elements. Any thoughts?

[Radu]

Hi,

The internal hierarchy of AuthorNode nodes looks like the one in this image:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Edit ... gment.html

Each node has an inclusive start offset and an inclusive end offset.
When you are calling this method:

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aa.getDocumentController().getNodeAtOffset(contentInterval.getStartOffset())

the API considers that the offset represents a caret position, so the actual node which will be returned will not be the node containing the start offset but the node which is its parent. So in this case asking for the node at "contentInterval.getStartOffset() + 1" would return what you expected.
Also the problem is a little bit more complicated, a single selection interval may contain one or more consecutive nodes, so if you look only for the node containing the start of the selection interval, you may not take into consideration nodes which are fully engulfed in the selection.

There is a special API which you could also call for each selection interval:

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ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.AuthorDocumentController.getNodesToSelect(int, int)

and the merge all returned nodes in a list/set.

Regards,
Radu

[cditcher]

After looking at your answer it seems I was almost there. Combining the .getNodesToSelect() method with results returned from .getSelectionIntervals() gave me what i was looking for. The following code snippet works, even when there is no selection:

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List<ContentInterval> selections = aa.getEditorAccess().getAuthorSelectionModel().getSelectionIntervals();

for (ContentInterval contentInterval : selections) {

	List<AuthorNode> selected = aa.getDocumentController().getNodesToSelect(

			contentInterval.getStartOffset(),

			contentInterval.getEndOffset()

		);

	for (AuthorNode authorNode : selected) {

		log.info(authorNode.getDisplayName());

	}

}

Thanks again for your help, Radu!