net.sf.tm.plugin
Class ContextManagerPlugin

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin
      org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin
          net.sf.tm.plugin.ContextManagerPlugin

public class ContextManagerPlugin

extends AbstractUIPlugin

Main plugin class. Provides some access methods to the Eclipse environment (e.g. resources, workspace).

Version:

$Id: ContextManagerPlugin.java,v 1.10 2004/02/23 19:18:13 apataki Exp $

Author:

Andreas Pataki

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_BASE_NAME, PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_FILE_NAME

Constructor Summary

ContextManagerPlugin(IPluginDescriptor descriptor)
Constructor

Method Summary

Shell	getActiveWorkbenchShell()
static ContextManagerPlugin	getDefault()
ImageDescriptor	getImageDescriptor(String name) Generates an Image descriptor.
String	getLocalizedString(String key) Localizes a given String using the current locale.
String	getLocalizedString(String key, Object arg) Localizes a given String using the current locale.
String	getLocalizedString(String key, Object[] args) Localizes a given String using the current locale.
ResourceBundle	getResourceBundle()
IWorkspace	getWorkspace()
protected void	initializeDefaultPreferences(IPreferenceStore store)
void	showError(String msg) Displays an error message box.
void	showError(String msg, Throwable exception) Displays an error message box.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin

createImageRegistry, getDialogSettings, getImageRegistry, getPreferenceStore, getWorkbench, initializeDefaultPluginPreferences, initializeImageRegistry, loadDialogSettings, loadPreferenceStore, refreshPluginActions, saveDialogSettings, savePreferenceStore, shutdown, startup

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

find, find, getDescriptor, getLog, getPluginPreferences, getStateLocation, isDebugging, openStream, openStream, savePluginPreferences, setDebugging, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContextManagerPlugin

public ContextManagerPlugin(IPluginDescriptor descriptor)

Constructor

Parameters:

descriptor - plugin informations

Method Detail

getDefault

public static ContextManagerPlugin getDefault()

Returns:

Returns the shared instance.

getActiveWorkbenchShell

public Shell getActiveWorkbenchShell()

Returns:

the active workbench shell instance

getWorkspace

public IWorkspace getWorkspace()

Returns:

the workspace instance.

initializeDefaultPreferences

protected void initializeDefaultPreferences(IPreferenceStore store)

See Also:

AbstractUIPlugin.initializeDefaultPreferences(org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore)

getResourceBundle

public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle()

Returns:

Returns the plugin's resource bundle,

showError

public void showError(String msg,
                      Throwable exception)

Displays an error message box. The stacktrace of the provided exception is displayed in the details part of the dialog.

Parameters:

msg - localized exception message.

exception - catched exception

showError

public void showError(String msg)

Displays an error message box.

Parameters:

msg - localized exception message.

getLocalizedString

public String getLocalizedString(String key)

Localizes a given String using the current locale.

Parameters:

key - The key of the text that should be translated

Returns:

localized String

getLocalizedString

public String getLocalizedString(String key,
                                 Object arg)

Localizes a given String using the current locale.

Parameters:

key - The key of the text that should be translated

arg - Argument which is inserted into the message at the {0} pos

Returns:

localized String

getLocalizedString

public String getLocalizedString(String key,
                                 Object[] args)

Localizes a given String using the current locale.

Parameters:

key - The key of the text that should be translated

args - The arguments which should be inserted in the message.

Returns:

localized String

getImageDescriptor

public ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String name)

Generates an Image descriptor. The name of the image must be provided relative to the plugin install directory.

Parameters:

name - path to the image, relative to the plugin directory

Returns:

The image descriptor for the image