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EclipseJDT Plug-in Developer Guide
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Java Editor Text Hovers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javaEditorTextHovers

Description:
This extension point is used to plug-in text hovers in a Java editor.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( hover+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>

  • 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 hover EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST hover

id          CDATA #REQUIRED

class       CDATA #REQUIRED

label       CDATA #IMPLIED

description CDATA #IMPLIED

activate    (true | false) "false"

>

  • id - the id, typically the same as the fully qualified class name
  • class - the fully qualified class name implementing the interface org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.java.hover.IJavaEditorTextHover
  • label - the translatable label for this hover
  • description - the translatable description for this hover
  • activate - if the attribute is set to "true" it will force this plug-in to be loaded on hover activation

Examples:
The following is an example of a hover definition:


 <extension point=
"org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javaEditorTextHover"
>
  <hover
   id=
"org.eclipse.example.jdt.internal.debug.ui.JavaDebugHover"

   class=
"org.eclipse.example.jdt.internal.debug.ui.JavaDebugHover"

   label=
"%javaVariableHover"
/>
  </hover>
 </extension>


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