Case Study: adding data and statistics

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextSelection;

import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit;

/**
 * Listener to be informed on text selection changes in an editor (post selection), including the corresponding AST.
 * The AST is shared and must not be modified.
 * Listeners can be registered in a <code>SelectionListenerWithASTManager</code>.
 */
public interface ISelectionListenerWithAST {

	/**
	 * Called when a selection has changed. The method is called in a post selection event in an background
	 * thread.
	 *
	 * @param part The editor part in which the selection change has occurred.
	 * @param selection The new text selection
	 * @param astRoot The AST tree corresponding to the editor's input. This AST is shared and must
	 * not be modified.
	 */
	void selectionChanged(IEditorPart part, ITextSelection selection, CompilationUnit astRoot);

}