Package org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.action.contributionitem
Provides a set of classes that implement a
Service that
facilitates the contribution of actions to modeling platform workbench
parts.
See:
Description
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Class Summary
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AbstractContributionItemProvider
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An abstract implementation of the IContributionItemProvider interface
This provider performs the contribution by reading its XML contribution
descriptor and parsing it in the correct format. |
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ActionRegistry
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An action registry used for action life cycle management |
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ContributionItemService
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A service for contributing items into different IWorkbenchPart's
contribution managers: ActionBars and ContextMenu(s). |
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ContributionItemService.ProviderDescriptor
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A descriptor for IContributionItemProvider defined
by a configuration element. |
Package org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.action.contributionitem Description
Provides a set of classes that implement a Service that
facilitates the contribution of actions to modeling platform workbench
parts. It is meant to address some of the deficiencies in the Eclipse
support for static action contributions, as follows:
- adds support for static contribution of custom contribution items
- adds support for static menu contributions to toolbar managers
- adds support for static contributions to menu managers that have
been added programmatically to a toolbar
- adds support for complex action enablement and visibility criteria
In order to contribute contributions items to the service, clients
should use the org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.action.contributionItemProviders
extension point. The provider implementation specified in the extension
point should subclass the
AbstractContributionItemProvider
class in this package.
Contributions made through this extension point could be for a workbench
part's action bars (referred to as part contributions) or for a workbench
part's popup menu (referred to as popup contributions). The extension point
provides an XML description of those contributions to be read by the described
providers. The extension point provides an alternative to the following Eclipse extension points:
- org.eclipse.ui.editorActions
- org.eclipse.ui.viewActions
- org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus (viewerContribution)
Guidelines for using Eclipse APIs.
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