Completer (Apache Karaf :: Shell :: Console 4.3.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

StringsCompleter
```
public interface Completer
```
A completer is the mechanism by which tab-completion candidates will be resolved.

Since:

2.3

Author:

Marc Prud'hommeaux, Jason Dillon

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`complete(String buffer, int cursor, List<CharSequence> candidates)`	Populates candidates with a list of possible completions for the buffer.

- Method Detail
  - complete
```
int complete(String buffer,
             int cursor,
             List<CharSequence> candidates)
```
    Populates candidates with a list of possible completions for the buffer. The candidates list will not be sorted before being displayed to the user: thus, the complete method should sort the List before returning.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buffer - The buffer
    
    cursor - The current position of the cursor in the buffer
    
    candidates - The List of candidates to populate
    
    Returns:
    
    The index of the buffer for which the completion will be relative