Added askStructure method.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interactive/CompilerControl.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interactive/CompilerControl.scala
index 8c1f1c7db2..05eaff9aa9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interactive/CompilerControl.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interactive/CompilerControl.scala
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ trait CompilerControl { self: Global =>
   def askLoadedTyped(source: SourceFile, response: Response[Tree]) =
     scheduler postWorkItem new AskLoadedTypedItem(source, response)
 
+  /** If source if not yet loaded, get an outline view with askParseEntered.
+   *  If source is loaded, wait for it to be typechecked.
+   *  In both cases, set response to parsed (and possibly typechecked) tree.
+   */
+  def askStructure(source: SourceFile, response: Response[Tree]) = {
+    getUnit(source) match {
+      case Some(_) => askLoadedTyped(source, response)
+      case None => askParsedEntered(source, false, response)
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Set sync var `response` to the parse tree of `source` with all top-level symbols entered.
    *  @param source       The source file to be analyzed
    *  @param keepLoaded   If set to `true`, source file will be kept as a loaded unit afterwards.