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Eclipse Plug-in Developer Guide
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Content Viewers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers

Description:
This extension point allows a plug-in to register viewers for specific content types. These viewers are used in the EditionSelectionDialog when presenting an edition of a resource or a subsection thereof. The viewer is expected to extend org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer. However since viewers don't have a default constructor the extension point must implement the factory interface for viewers org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator.

Configuration Markup:

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

<!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 viewer EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST viewer

id         CDATA #REQUIRED

class      CDATA #REQUIRED

extensions CDATA #IMPLIED

>

  • id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference the viewer
  • class - a fully qualified name of a class that implements a factory for the content viewer and implements org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator
  • extensions - a comma separated list of file extensions e.g. "java, gif"

<!ELEMENT contentTypeBinding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contentTypeBinding

contentTypeId   IDREF #REQUIRED

contentViewerId IDREF #REQUIRED

>

A contentTypeBinding binds a content viewer to a content type.


  • contentTypeId - The id of a content type defined using the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.
  • contentViewerId - The id of a content viewer defined using the viewer element of this extension point (i.e. org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers)

Examples:
The following is an example of a viewer for text files (extension "txt"):


<extension point = 
"org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers"
> 
     <viewer 
         id=
"org.eclipse.compare.internal.TextViewer"
 
         class=
"org.eclipse.compare.internal.TextViewerCreator"
 
         extensions=
"txt"
 
    /> 
</extension> 

Supplied Implementation:
The Compare UI plugin defines content viewers for text and images.


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