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Eclipse Plug-in Developer Guide
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Stream Merger

Identifier:
org.eclipse.compare.streamMergers

Since:
3.0

Description:
This extension point allows a plug-in to register a stream merger for specific content types. The stream merger is expected to perform a three-way merge on three input streams and writes the result to an output stream. The extension point must implement the interface org.eclipse.compare.IStreamMerger.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( streamMerger* , contentTypeBinding*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>

Deprecated. The org.eclipse.team.core.storageMergers extension point should be used instead.


  • point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
  • id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
  • name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT streamMerger EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST streamMerger

id         CDATA #REQUIRED

class      CDATA #REQUIRED

extensions CDATA #IMPLIED

>

  • id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference the stream merger
  • class - a fully qualified name of a class that implements org.eclipse.compare.IStreamMerger
  • extensions - a comma separated list of file extensions e.g. "java, properties"

<!ELEMENT contentTypeBinding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contentTypeBinding

contentTypeId  IDREF #REQUIRED

streamMergerId IDREF #REQUIRED

>

A contentTypeBinding binds a stream merger to a content type.


  • contentTypeId - The id of a content type defined using the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.
  • streamMergerId - The id of a stream merger defined using the streamMerger element of this extension point (i.e. org.eclipse.compare.streamMergers)

Examples:
The following is an example of a stream merger for property files (extension "properties"):


<extension point = 
"org.eclipse.compare.streamMergers"
> 
     <streamMerger 
         id=
"org.eclipse.compare.internal.merge.TextStreamMerger"
 
         class=
"org.eclipse.compare.internal.merge.TextStreamMerger"
 
         extensions=
"properties"
 
    /> 
</extension> 

Supplied Implementation:
The Compare UI plugin defines a stream merger for line oriented text files.


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