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Property Contributor

Identifier:

org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.propertyContributor

Description:

Describes a workbench part that is a contributor of properties to be displayed within tabs in the tabbed property sheet page.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( propertyContributor)>

<!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 propertyContributor ( propertyCategory+)>

<!ATTLIST propertyContributor

contributorId                     CDATA #REQUIRED

typeMapper                        CDATA #IMPLIED

labelProvider                     CDATA #IMPLIED

actionProvider                    CDATA #IMPLIED

sectionDescriptorProvider         CDATA #IMPLIED

tabDescriptorProvider             CDATA #IMPLIED

overridableTabListContentProvider (true | false)

>

• contributorId - The unique identifier of the property sheet page contributor.
• typeMapper - The class that implements the type mapper, i.e. implements org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ITypeMapper
• labelProvider - The class that implements the label provider for the title for the property sheet page, i.e. implements org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProvider
• actionProvider - The class that implements the action provider for the property sheet page, i.e. implements org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.IActionProvider
• sectionDescriptorProvider - The class that implements the section descriptor provider for the property sheet page, i.e. implements org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISectionDescriptorProvider
• tabDescriptorProvider - The class that implements the tab descriptor provider for the property sheet page, i.e. implements org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ITabDescriptorProvider
• overridableTabListContentProvider - If true then this contributor will override the list of tabs by using sections that extend org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.AbstractOverridableTabListPropertySection

<!ELEMENT propertyCategory EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST propertyCategory

category CDATA #IMPLIED

>

• category - A category used to group tabs.

Examples:

   <extension
         point=
"org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.propertyContributor"
>
      <propertyContributor
            contributorId=
"org.eclipse.ui.tests.views.properties.tabbed.views.TestsView"

            labelProvider=
"org.eclipse.ui.tests.views.properties.tabbed.views.LabelProvider"

            typeMapper=
"org.eclipse.ui.tests.views.properties.tabbed.views.TypeMapper"
>
         <propertyCategory category=
"first"
>
         </propertyCategory>
         <propertyCategory category=
"second"
>
         </propertyCategory>
      </propertyContributor>
   </extension>

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