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Eclipse PDE
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin
Interface IExtensions

All Superinterfaces:
IAdaptable, IPluginObject, IWritable
All Known Subinterfaces:
IFragment, IPlugin, IPluginBase

public interface IExtensions
extends IPluginObject

A model object that contains the portion of the plug-in model responsible for extensions and extension points. If the plug-in contains OSGi manifest file, plugin.xml is reduced to extensions and extension points only.

Since:
3.0
Restriction:
This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
Restriction:
This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Field Summary
static  String P_EXTENSION_ORDER
          A model property that will be used when order of extensions changes in this object.
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin. IPluginObject
P_NAME
 
Method Summary
 void add ( IPluginExtension extension)
          Adds a new extension to this object.
 void add ( IPluginExtensionPoint extensionPoint)
          Adds a new extension point to this object.
  IPluginExtensionPoint[] getExtensionPoints ()
          Returns extension points defined in this object.
  IPluginExtension[] getExtensions ()
          Returns extensions defined in this object.
 int getIndexOf ( IPluginExtension e)
          Returns the position of the extension in the receiver.
 void remove ( IPluginExtension extension)
          Removes an extension from this object.
 void remove ( IPluginExtensionPoint extensionPoint)
          Removes an extension point from this object.
 void swap ( IPluginExtension e1, IPluginExtension e2)
          Swaps the positions of the provided extensions in the list of extensions.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.pde.core.plugin. IPluginObject
getModel, getName, getParent, getPluginBase, getPluginModel, getResourceString, getTranslatedName, isInTheModel, isValid, setInTheModel, setName
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.pde.core. IWritable
write
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime. IAdaptable
getAdapter
 

Field Detail

P_EXTENSION_ORDER

static final 
String P_EXTENSION_ORDER
A model property that will be used when order of extensions changes in this object.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

add

void add(
IPluginExtension extension)
         throws 
CoreException
Adds a new extension to this object. This method will throw a CoreException if model is not editable.

Parameters:
extension - the extension object
Throws:
CoreException

add

void add(
IPluginExtensionPoint extensionPoint)
         throws 
CoreException
Adds a new extension point to this object. This method will throw a CoreException if the model is not editable.

Parameters:
extensionPoint - the extension point
Throws:
CoreException

getExtensionPoints


IPluginExtensionPoint[] getExtensionPoints()
Returns extension points defined in this object.

Returns:
an array of extension point objects

getExtensions


IPluginExtension[] getExtensions()
Returns extensions defined in this object.

Returns:
an array of extension objects

remove

void remove(
IPluginExtension extension)
            throws 
CoreException
Removes an extension from this object. This method will throw a CoreException if the model is not editable.

Parameters:
extension - the extension object
Throws:
CoreException

remove

void remove(
IPluginExtensionPoint extensionPoint)
            throws 
CoreException
Removes an extension point from this object. This method will throw a CoreException if the model is not editable.

Parameters:
extensionPoint - the extension point object
Throws:
CoreException

swap

void swap(
IPluginExtension e1,
          
IPluginExtension e2)
          throws 
CoreException
Swaps the positions of the provided extensions in the list of extensions.

Parameters:
e1 - the first extension object
e2 - the second extension object
Throws:
CoreException

getIndexOf

int getIndexOf(
IPluginExtension e)
Returns the position of the extension in the receiver.

Parameters:
e - the extension
Returns:
the 0-based index of the extension in the receiver.

Eclipse PDE
Release 3.5

Copyright (c) IBM Corp. and others 2000, 2008. All Rights Reserved.

 
 
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