declarations/codemirror/searchcursor.d.ts

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// Type definitions for CodeMirror
// Project: https://github.com/marijnh/CodeMirror
// Definitions by: jacqt <https://github.com/jacqt>
// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped

declare namespace CodeMirror {
    interface Doc {
        /** This method can be used to implement search/replace functionality.
         *  `query`: This can be a regular * expression or a string (only strings will match across lines -
         *          if they contain newlines).
         *  `start`: This provides the starting position of the search. It can be a `{line, ch} object,
         *          or can be left off to default to the start of the document
         *  `caseFold`: This is only relevant when matching a string. IT will cause the search to be case-insenstive */
        getSearchCursor(query: string | RegExp, start?: Position, caseFold?: boolean): SearchCursor;
    }

    interface SearchCursor {
        /** Searches forward or backward from the current position. The return value indicates whether a match was
         * found. If matching a regular expression, the return value will be the array returned by the match method, in case
         * you want to extract matched groups */
        find(reverse: boolean): boolean | any[];

        /** Searches forward from the current position. The return value indicates whether a match was
         * found. If matching a regular expression, the return value will be the array returned by the match method, in case
         * you want to extract matched groups */
        findNext(): boolean | any[];

        /** Searches backward from the current position. The return value indicates whether a match was
         * found. If matching a regular expression, the return value will be the array returned by the match method, in case
         * you want to extract matched groups */
        findPrevious(): boolean | any[];

        /** Only valid when the last call to find, findNext, or findPrevious did not return false. Returns {line, ch}
         * objects pointing the start of the match. */
        from(): Position;

        /** Only valid when the last call to find, findNext, or findPrevious did not return false. Returns {line, ch}
         * objects pointing the end of the match. */
        to(): Position;


        /** Replaces the currently found match with the given text and adjusts the cursor position to reflect the deplacement. */
        replace(text: string, origin?: string): void;
    }
}