Typing open bracket should surround the selected text with brackets

bundles/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/SurroundWithBracketsStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) ETAS GmbH 2024, all rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     ETAS GmbH - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.jface.text;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.ISourceViewer;
+
+/**
+ * @since 3.26 This strategy supports surrounding the selected text with similar opening and closing
+ *        brackets when the text is selected and an opening bracket is inserted.
+ */
+public class SurroundWithBracketsStrategy implements IAutoEditStrategy {
+
+	private ISourceViewer sourceViewer;
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("nls")
+	private final Map<String, String> bracketsMap= Map.of("(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<", ">", "\"", "\"", "'", "'", "`", "`");
+
+	public SurroundWithBracketsStrategy(ISourceViewer sourceViewer) {
+		this.sourceViewer= sourceViewer;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void customizeDocumentCommand(IDocument document, DocumentCommand command) {
+		if (bracketsMap.containsKey(command.text)) {
+			try {
+				ITextSelection selection= (ITextSelection) sourceViewer.getSelectionProvider().getSelection();
+				if (selection != null && selection.getLength() > 0) {
+					String selectedText= document.get(selection.getOffset(), selection.getLength());
+					String closingBracket= bracketsMap.get(command.text);
+					command.text= command.text + selectedText + closingBracket;
+					command.offset= selection.getOffset();
+					command.length= selection.getLength();
+
+					// Set the caret offset after the opening bracket but before the closing bracket
+					command.caretOffset= command.offset + command.text.length() - closingBracket.length();
+					command.shiftsCaret= false;
+
+					// Run this in a UI thread asynchronously to ensure the selection is updated correctly
+					sourceViewer.getTextWidget().getDisplay().asyncExec(new Runnable() {
+						@Override
+						public void run() {
+							sourceViewer.setSelectedRange(command.offset + 1, selectedText.length());
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			} catch (BadLocationException e) {
+				SWT.error(SWT.ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

bundles/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/source/SourceViewer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
  *     Tom Hofmann (Perspectix AG) - bug 297572
  *     Sergey Prigogin (Google) - bug 441448
  *     Angelo Zerr <[email protected]> - [CodeMining] Add CodeMining support in SourceViewer - Bug 527515
+ *     Latha Patil (ETAS GmbH) - Issue 865 - Surround the selected text with brackets on inserting a opening bracket
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.jface.text.source;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Stack;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextViewerLifecycle;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.Position;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.Region;
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.SurroundWithBracketsStrategy;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.TextViewer;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.codemining.ICodeMiningProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.IContentAssistant;
@@ -543,7 +546,12 @@ public void configure(SourceViewerConfiguration configuration) {
 		String[] types= configuration.getConfiguredContentTypes(this);
 		for (String t : types) {
 
-			doSetAutoEditStrategies(configuration.getAutoEditStrategies(this, t), t);
+			IAutoEditStrategy[] autoEditStrategies= configuration.getAutoEditStrategies(this, t);
+			List<IAutoEditStrategy> autoEditStrategiesList= new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(autoEditStrategies));
+			autoEditStrategiesList.add(new SurroundWithBracketsStrategy(this));
+			IAutoEditStrategy[] newStrategies= autoEditStrategiesList.toArray(new IAutoEditStrategy[0]);
+
+			doSetAutoEditStrategies(newStrategies, t);
 			setTextDoubleClickStrategy(configuration.getDoubleClickStrategy(this, t), t);
 
 			int[] stateMasks= configuration.getConfiguredTextHoverStateMasks(this, t);

tests/org.eclipse.jface.text.tests/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/tests/TextViewerTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2019 Google, Inc and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2024 Google, Inc and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * 	   Sergey Prigogin (Google) - initial API and implementation
  * 	   Mickael Istria (Red Hat Inc.) - [Bug 544708] Ctrl+Home
  * 	   Paul Pazderski - [Bug 545530] Test for TextViewer's default IDocumentAdapter implementation.
+ * 	   Latha Patil (ETAS GmbH) - Issue 865 - Test for Surround the selected text with brackets
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.jface.text.tests;
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.hyperlink.URLHyperlink;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.hyperlink.URLHyperlinkDetector;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.SourceViewer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.SourceViewerConfiguration;
 import org.eclipse.jface.text.tests.util.DisplayHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -454,4 +456,20 @@ public void testSelectionFromViewerState() {
 		textSelection= (ITextSelection) textViewer.getSelection();
 		assertEquals(113, textSelection.getOffset());
 	}
-}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSurroundwithBracketsStrategy() {
+		fShell= new Shell();
+		final SourceViewer sourceViewer= new SourceViewer(fShell, null, SWT.NONE);
+		sourceViewer.configure(new SourceViewerConfiguration());
+		sourceViewer.setDocument(new Document("Test sample to surround the selected text with brackets"));
+		StyledText text= sourceViewer.getTextWidget();
+		text.setText("Test sample to surround the selected text with brackets");
+		text.setSelection(15, 23);
+		assertEquals(23, text.getCaretOffset());
+		assertEquals("surround", text.getSelectionText());
+		text.insert("[");
+		assertEquals("Test sample to [surround] the selected text with brackets", text.getText());
+		assertEquals(24, text.getCaretOffset());
+	}
+}