Add API for restricting operations for sensitive files

This change adds the following API:

* org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile.isContentRestricted()
* org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile.setContentRestricted(boolean)

The goal of this API is to allow Eclipse-based IDEs to restrict certain
platform functionality on a per-file basis, for sensitive files.

The flags are not persisted, to enable restricted handling
these flags must be set for each session.

The restrictions will apply to following functionality:

* File search
* Storing file history

Potentially more platform functionality will be restricted.

See: #2588

Author: trancexpress

resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.core.resources; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 3.23.300.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 3.24.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin

resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/resources/File.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2015 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
  */
 public class File extends Resource implements IFile {
 
+	private volatile boolean isRestricted;
+
 	protected File(IPath path, Workspace container) {
 		super(path, container);
 	}
@@ -670,4 +672,13 @@ public String getLineSeparator(boolean checkParent) throws CoreException {
 		return checkParent ? getProject().getDefaultLineSeparator() : null;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean isContentRestricted() {
+		return isRestricted;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setContentRestricted(boolean restricted) {
+		isRestricted = restricted;
+	}
 }

resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/resources/Workspace.java

@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ public class Workspace extends PlatformObject implements IWorkspace, ICoreConsta
 	 */
 	protected IFileModificationValidator validator = null;
 
+	private volatile boolean enableRestrictedContent;
+
 	/**
 	 * Data structure for holding the multi-part outcome of
 	 * <code>IWorkspace.computeProjectBuildConfigOrder</code>.
@@ -2945,4 +2947,14 @@ private void createMultiple(ConcurrentMap<File, byte[]> filesToCreate, int updat
 			subMonitor.done();
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isRestrictedContentEnabled() {
+		return enableRestrictedContent;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setRestrictedContentEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+		this.enableRestrictedContent = enabled;
+	}
 }

resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/resources/IFile.java

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
  * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
  */
 public interface IFile extends IResource, IEncodedStorage, IAdaptable {
+
 	/**
 	 * Character encoding constant (value 0) which identifies
 	 * files that have an unknown character encoding scheme.
@@ -1414,4 +1415,28 @@ public default String readString() throws CoreException {
 	public default String getLineSeparator(boolean checkParent) throws CoreException {
 		return getProject().getDefaultLineSeparator();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the current file is marked as containing restricted
+	 * (sensitive) content, where some IDE functionality related to the file content
+	 * might be limited.
+	 *
+	 * @return whether the current file is marked as containing sensitive content.
+	 *         This flag is not persisted and is {@code false} by default.
+	 * @since 3.24
+	 */
+	boolean isContentRestricted();
+
+	/**
+	 * Marks the current file as containing restricted (sensitive) content. Some IDE
+	 * functionality related to the file content might be limited as long as the
+	 * file is marked as restricted. This flag is not persisted and is {@code false}
+	 * by default.
+	 *
+	 * @param restricted <code>true</code> if the file should be a marked
+	 *                   restricted, <code>false</code> if the file should be
+	 *                   unmarked
+	 * @since 3.24
+	 */
+	void setContentRestricted(boolean restricted);
 }

resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/resources/IWorkspace.java

@@ -1861,4 +1861,37 @@ public default void write(Map<IFile, byte[]> contentMap, boolean force, boolean
 			e.getKey().write(e.getValue(), force, derived, keepHistory, subMon.split(1));
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether certain IDE functionality should be disabled for restricted
+	 * (sensitive) files. Examples are file history and search. Default is
+	 * <code>false</code>.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Restricted files are marked with: {@link IFile#setContentRestricted(boolean)}
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if restricted (sensitive) files handling is enabled
+	 *         by the IDE, <code>false</code> otherwise
+	 * @see IFile#setContentRestricted(boolean)
+	 * @see IFile#isContentRestricted()
+	 * @since 3.24
+	 */
+	boolean isRestrictedContentEnabled();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies whether certain IDE functionality should be disabled for restricted
+	 * (sensitive) files. Examples are file history and search. This flag is not
+	 * persisted and must be set for every new session that requires file
+	 * restrictions.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Restricted files are marked with: {@link IFile#setContentRestricted(boolean)}
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param enabled <code>true</code> to enable restricted (sensitive) files
+	 *                handling, <code>false</code> otherwise
+	 * @see IFile#setContentRestricted(boolean)
+	 * @see IFile#isContentRestricted()
+	 * @since 3.24
+	 */
+	void setRestrictedContentEnabled(boolean enabled);
 }

resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/internal/resources/AllInternalResourcesTests.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		ResourceInfoTest.class, //
 		WorkspaceConcurrencyTest.class, //
 		WorkspacePreferencesTest.class, //
+		RestrictedFileTests.class, //
 })
 public class AllInternalResourcesTests {
 }

resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/internal/resources/RestrictedFileTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Simeon Andreev and others.
+ *
+ * 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:
+ *     Simeon Andreev - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.core.tests.internal.resources;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspace;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspaceRoot;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.util.WorkspaceResetExtension;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+
+@ExtendWith(WorkspaceResetExtension.class)
+public class RestrictedFileTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRestrictedFile() throws Exception {
+		IWorkspace workspace = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace();
+		IWorkspaceRoot root = workspace.getRoot();
+		IProject project = root.getProject(RestrictedFileTests.class.getSimpleName());
+		try {
+			assertFalse(workspace.isRestrictedContentEnabled(),
+					"Expected file content to not be restricted by default");
+			workspace.setRestrictedContentEnabled(true);
+
+			project.create(null);
+			project.open(null);
+
+			IFile file1 = project.getFile("test1.txt");
+			IFile file2 = project.getFile("test2.txt");
+
+			try {
+				file1.isContentRestricted();
+				fail("Should not work on not existing files");
+			} catch (CoreException e) {
+				// expected, file should not exist
+			}
+
+			file1.create("line 1".getBytes(), IResource.FORCE, null);
+			file2.create("line 1".getBytes(), IResource.FORCE, null);
+
+			assertFalse(file1.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to not be restricted");
+			assertFalse(file2.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to not be restricted");
+
+			file1.setContentRestricted(true);
+			assertTrue(file1.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to be restricted");
+			assertFalse(file2.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to not be restricted");
+
+			workspace.setRestrictedContentEnabled(false);
+
+			assertFalse(file1.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to not be restricted");
+			assertFalse(file2.isContentRestricted(), "Expected file to not be restricted");
+		} finally {
+			workspace.setRestrictedContentEnabled(false);
+			project.delete(true, null);
+		}
+	}
+}