Site Type Factory
Identifier:
org.eclipse.update.core.siteTypes
Description:
The platform update mechanism supports pluggable site type
implementations. A new site type can be registered in order
to support alternate site layout schemes.
The siteTypes
extension point allows alternate site implementations to be
registered using a symbolic type identifier. Whenever the
type is referenced using this identifier, the supplied factory
is used to create the correct concrete site implementation.
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (
site-factory+)>
<!ATTLIST extension
point CDATA #REQUIRED
id CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #IMPLIED
>
-
point - must be specified as org.eclipse.update.core.siteTypes
-
id - must be specified. Identifies the new site type
-
name - optional displayable label for the new site type
<!ELEMENT site-factory EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST site-factory
class CDATA #REQUIRED
>
-
class - fully qualified name of the factory class for the identified
site type
Examples:
The following is an example of new site type registration.
<extension
id=
"custom"
point=
"org.eclipse.update.core.siteTypes"
name=
"Custom site"
>
<site-factory
class=
"com.xyz.update.CustomSiteFactory"
>
</site-factory>
</extension>
Supplied Implementation:
The platform supplies two standard implementations of site
types. One representing the default update server type, and
the other representing the local file system site.
Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
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