tmf: Add TIME_RANGE to the DataType enum for data providers

[Added] TIME_RANGE to the DataType enum for data providers Change-Id: I3a5923e58ad322f49740ab7401d977815163f14b Signed-off-by: Bernd Hufmann <bernd.hufmann@ericsson.com> Reviewed-on: https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/tracecompass/org.eclipse.tracecompass/+/199991 Tested-by: Trace Compass Bot <tracecompass-bot@eclipse.org> Tested-by: Patrick Tasse <patrick.tasse@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Patrick Tasse <patrick.tasse@gmail.com>
eclipse-tracecompass · Mar 14, 2023 · 4c7be9d · 4c7be9d
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diff --git a/...se.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/dataprovider/DataType.java b/...se.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/dataprovider/DataType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**********************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2020 École Polytechnique de Montréal
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 École Polytechnique de Montréal and others
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public enum DataType {
     /**
      * Data is textual data
      */
-    STRING;
-
+    STRING,
+    /**
+     * Data representing a time range of string: [start,end],
+     * where `start` and `end` are timestamps in nanoseconds
+     * @since 8.3
+     */
+    TIME_RANGE;
 }
diff --git a/...acecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/dataprovider/DataTypeUtils.java b/...acecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/dataprovider/DataTypeUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**********************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2020 École Polytechnique de Montréal
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 École Polytechnique de Montréal and others
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
  * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which
@@ -96,10 +96,25 @@ public static Format getFormat(DataType type, String units) {
             return SubSecondTimeWithUnitFormat.getInstance();
         case STRING:
             return OTHER_FORMAT;
+        case TIME_RANGE:
+            return OTHER_FORMAT;
         default:
             // Return the default format
             return OTHER_FORMAT;
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts a time range (start, end) in a DataType string.
+     *
+     * @param start
+     *            The start time
+     * @param end
+     *            The end time
+     * @return A standard Time Range string
+     * @since 8.3
+     */
+    public static String toRangeString(long start, long end) {
+        return "[" + start + "," + end + "]"; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+    }
 }