How to Programming with Eclipse-plugin

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,osgi

It's your responsability to call HandlerUtil.updateRadioState(event.getCommand(), scope); to make the GUI displays the new state. Without calling it, the radio state won't change. It means that in the case of user is aborting, don't call this method at all....

SWT FileDialog with java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

java,eclipse-plugin,swt

You need to add org.eclipse.swt to the Require-Bundle list in the MANIFEST.MF for your plugin. You can do this in the plugin.xml editor on the 'Dependencies' tab in the 'Required Plug-ins' table....

Eclipse/OSGi: How to control the file-name created via an exported plugin (jar)

Qualifier is in the MANIFEST.MF file in the Version Tag. Remove it there.

How to hide/remove minimize button in editor?

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rap

The minimize button is part of the stack presentation and cannot be removed easily. You would have to write your own presentation. The above said applies to the 3.x workbench. If you are using or can upgrade to RAP on e4, it should be easier to style certain aspects of...

how to install shelled in eclipse luna

bash,shell,eclipse-plugin

Finally I managed to install it by deleting eclipse luna and downloading it again from scratch... I still don't understand why I got the errors in my old eclipse... It is rather annoying since I had a lot of plugins installed in my old eclipse and I had to re-install...

How to force team members to comment using eclipse plugin or something else

eclipse,jenkins,eclipse-plugin,coding-style,build-automation

You can run static code checks and their corresponding eclipse plug-ins to enforce comments being made in code. For e.g. in CheckStyle javadoc can be enforced http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html Also checkstyle can be easily integrated with Jenkins. You can also use eclipse java compiler settings for javadoc check. Go to preferences->java->compiler->javadoc to...

Eclipse Wizard plugin executes code for all pages at once

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,eclipse-pde

Override the wizard page setVisible method and add the code which depends on previous pages there @Override public void setVisible(final boolean visible) { super.setVisible(visible); if (visible) { ... code to run when page becomes visible } } ...

Eclipse PDE: Exclude test fragments from required plugins

Add Required Plug-ins will always include fragments. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to control whether fragments are included or not. You will need to manually de-select the unwanted fragments....

Third party OSGi library dependency conflict

eclipse-plugin,osgi

Unfortunately not. You will have to change the jar to add the correct meta data. You should also report this issue at openarchitectureware. So they can produce correct artifacts for newer versions.

Installing JavaFX plugin into Ecipse Kepler and getting errors

eclipse,javafx,eclipse-plugin

The error is telling you that release 3.9.0 (or later) of the org.eclipse.core.resources plugin is required. This is part of the Eclipse Luna (4.4) release, so you can't use this code with Eclipse Kepler.

How to share common functionality between two Eclipse plugins?

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

The only problem I see with this latter approach is that the common plugin doesn't have any sort of functionality available to the user (i.e., no UI). That's not unusual, and you've already come up with the right approach (although it's to require the new one as a dependency,...

How does the ManifestEditor get the list of extensions of a plugin?

eclipse,eclipse-plugin

You can get the extensions used by a plugin from the extensions registry using something like: IExtensionRegistry reg = Platform.getExtensionRegistry(); Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle("plugin id"); String id = Long.toString(bundle.getBundleId()); String name = bundle.getSymbolicName(); IContributor contributor = new RegistryContributor(id, name, null, null); IExtension [] extensions = reg.getExtensions(contributor); ...

Is there any event to know if a view is moved below some other view?

You can use an org.eclipse.ui.IPartListener to listen for events about parts. In a ViewPart you can use: getSite().getPage().addPartListener(partListener); to add a listener. The listener has method for parts being opened, closed, activated and deactivated and brought to the top of stack. You can also use IPartListener2 which has some additional...

IWorkspace search for file type

eclipse,user-interface,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

See this post you'll find your answer. Basically you need to recursively parse every IContainer (with members() method) and search in them the file you want...

show eclipse menuContribution in all perspective( not in only plugin development pespective)

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,checkstyle

Popup (context) menu contributions are not affected by the current perspective. However different perspectives may be using different views. In this case some perspectives are using the 'Package Explorer' view and others the 'Project Explorer' view. You need to use menu contributions for each view you want the popup to...

Checkstyle eclipse plugin: error cannot initialize module TreeWalker Token “WILDCARD_TYPE”

The error is in the xml file sun_checks_eclipse.xml, found in your plugins folder for checkstyle (e.g. .\eclipse\plugins\net.sf.eclipsecs.core_xxxxxx): <module name="WhitespaceAround"> <property name="tokens"...

synchronize modification between SWT table and TextEditor

table,eclipse-plugin,swt,text-editor,jface

The IDocument used by the TextEditor gives you access to the document contents. Get this with something like: IDocumentProvider provider = editor.getDocumentProvider(); IEditorInput input = editor.getEditorInput(); IDocument document = provider.getDocument(input); IDocument has many methods for accessing lines such as: int getLineOffset(int line); int getLineLength(int line); and methods for modify the...

How to process selections from different providers via the Eclipse Selection Service while maintaining loose coupling?

java,oop,design-patterns,eclipse-plugin,listener

You can make the objects you put in the selection implement IAdaptable which lets you query the object for class you actually want using: MyObject obj = ((IAdaptable)selectionObject).getAdapter(MyObject.class); Your selection object would have: public Object getAdapter(Class adapter) { if (adapter == MyObject.class) return .... my object instance return null; }...

How to use an IResourceChangeListener to detect a file rename and set the EditorPart name dynamically?

eclipse,user-interface,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

The IResourceChangeListener does fire for rename/move events using a combination of the REMOVED kind and a MOVED_TO flag). You can test for that in the IResourceDelta with @Override public void resourceChanged(final IResourceChangeEvent event) { IResourceDelta delta = event.getDelta(); // Look for change to our file delta = delta.findMember(IPath of file...

Set Eclipse “Refresh using native hooks or polling” to true through java code?

eclipse-plugin,refresh,workspace

Found the answer: IEclipsePreferences prefs = InstanceScope.INSTANCE.getNode("org.eclipse.core.resources"); prefs.putBoolean(ResourcesPlugin.PREF_AUTO_REFRESH, true); prefs.flush(); Thanks all....

How do I access general eclipse preferences in my own plugin

java,eclipse,plugins,eclipse-plugin,preferences

These preferences are in the org.eclipse.debug.ui plugin You can access the preference store using IPreferenceStore store = new ScopedPreferenceStore(InstanceScope.INSTANCE, "org.eclipse.debug.ui"); The preference values are listed in the IDebugPreferenceConstants interface, but this is a internal class so should not be used. The values are public static final String CONSOLE_SYS_ERR_COLOR= "org.eclipse.debug.ui.errorColor"; public...

Goto method of class shortcut

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,keyboard-shortcuts

Eclipse jdt doesn't have it yet, but I believe an open method dialog similar to the open type dialog is in the works.. Please create a bug at bugs.eclipse.org if one doesn't exist describing what you would want in such a dialog.

A handler conflict occurred. This may disable some commands

eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,eclipse-pde

You have specified the same handler in the command default handler and the handler extension point. Since they are both active you get a conflict. Don't specify the default handler....

OS X back/forward gestures in Eclipse IDE

eclipse,osx,eclipse-plugin,osx-yosemite

It works with BetterTouchTool, I forgot to restart Eclipse IDE.

NPE while testing

java,junit,eclipse-plugin,mockito

The first thing I would do is change when(provider.getPollFeedJob(Mockito.eq(feed), Mockito.eq(preferences), Mockito.eq(environment))) .thenReturn(job); to when(provider.getPollFeedJob(any(FeedDescriptor.class), any(NewsRcpPreferences.class), any(NotificationEnvironment.class))) .thenReturn(job); This is only to ensure that your provider is in fact giving you the mock job. Then I would add a doNothing().when(job).addJobChangeListener(any(JobChangeAdapter.class)); Or you can do the second one first. Either way those...

Use existing perspective from a different plugin in RCP application

Eclipse 3.x style plugins (anything using 'org.eclipse.ui.xxxx' plugins or extension points) won't work in a pure e4 RCP. This is because e4 leaves out a lot of the old 3.x compatibility code to make the RCP simpler. So if you are on a short timescale it is simpler to stick...

Eclipse plugin development:How to open a file in external editor programmatically in eclipse plugin development

excel,eclipse-plugin

You can define an editor for xlsx in your plugin using the org.eclipse.ui.editors extension point: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.editors"> <editor extensions="xlsx" id="myeditor.id" icon="icon path" launcher="myeditor.Launcher" name="XLSX editor"> </editor> </extension> This is using the launcher attribute to specify that a class to launch an external editor is to be used. The Launcher class...

Maven changing output directory for jar doesn't work

java,maven,jar,eclipse-plugin

From your packaging of eclipse-plugin I'm guessing you're using Tycho. Tycho doesn't seem to use any of the maven plugins, so configuring the maven-jar-plugin isn't going to help. Instead try configuring the tycho-packaging-plugin, specifically the buildDirectory property: <plugin> <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId> <artifactId>tycho-packaging-plugin</artifactId> <version>${tycho-version}</version> <configuration>...

How to use Timer and SwingWorker in an Eclipse Plugin?

eclipse,user-interface,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

Since Eclipse uses SWT rather than Swing it is best to avoid using Swing code. You can run code in the UI thread after a delay using UIJob, something like: UIJob job = new UIJob("Job title") { @Override public IStatus runInUIThread(IProgressMonitor monitor) { updateView(); return Status.OK_STATUS; } }; job.schedule(3000); Alternatively...

Rename resource file does not change editor part title

Editors based on AbstractTextEditor (or one of its subclasses such as TextEditor) should handle renames through the FileDocumentProvider which listens for resource changes. Other editors need to use an IResourceChangeListener to deal with this....

Modify ivy classpath entry

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,ivy,ivyde

With the project, you can get all the class path entries. I went through and excludes the ivy entries. Then I re-added them with the correct class path and property files. Now, the paths do not include ${ivyproject_loc} and ${project_loc}. Here is the code: protected void changeIvyClasspath(IProject project, IProgressMonitor monitor)...

Always show the file path in FilteredResourcesSelectionDialog

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,swt,eclipse-rcp,jface

The path is shown when there are multiple entries with the same name. This is to allow you to distinguish the entries. If you create a class derived from FilteredResourcesSelectionDialog (or anything based on FilteredItemsSelectionDialog) you can override the isDuplicateElement method to control this, for example: @Override public boolean isDuplicateElement(Object...

Add item above “Project” in eclipse project explorer contextmenu

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,ide,contextmenu,project-explorer

As has been mentioned in NewActionProvider.java there is no menugroupid to accomodate "My Project Wizard" in the "Project..." Group :(. /** * Adds a submenu to the given menu with the name "group.new" see * {@link ICommonMenuConstants#GROUP_NEW}). The submenu contains the following structure: * * <ul> * <li>a new generic...

Where does maven dependency fetch packages from?

maven,java-ee,eclipse-plugin

Where are these packages fetched from and displayed? By default, Maven will download from the Maven Central Repository, which is located at this URL: http://search.maven.org/ You can also add a custom repository by using the <repository> tag. Here is an example of how you can add the JBoss repository...

Eclipse extension point for Open Resource/Open Type dialogs

eclipse,plugins,eclipse-plugin

These dialogs don't support customization. Open Resource is OpenResourceDialog (an internal class) derived from FilteredResourcesSelectionDialog. Open Type is OpenTypeSelectionDialog (again internal) derived from another internal class FilteredTypesSelectionDialog which in turn is derived from FilteredItemsSelectionDialog. ...

Eclipse Drools 6.2.0 Plugin Error: org/drools/StatefulSession

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,drools

Drools does not require you to add a semicolon after a statement on the right hand side if there is a line end following it. RHS code is parsed by a special (peculiar) parser, not strictly adhering to Java syntax. It's more lenient, but may not always be able to...

How do I know if one class is superclass of another, given that I only have the fully qualified names of the classes as strings?

java,eclipse-plugin,jdt,eclipse-jdt

Since you have an IType in your question I assume you are using JDT. In this case you can query all supertypes (classes and interfaces) of an IType by creating its ITypeHierarchie. The only thing to watch out for is that java.lang.Object will not be included in the ITypeHierarchie (see...

Eclipse-PMD Configure ruleset globally

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,pmd

Try eclipse-pmd (available in the Eclipse marketplace or via the update site http://www.acanda.ch/eclipse-pmd/release/latest). With eclipse-pmd you can configure your projects to use a single rule set file for several projects. It also stores its path relative to the workspace. You still have to configure each project individually though (for now,...

RCP TT cannot record for my application

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,rcp

Make sure org.eclipse.rcptt.tesla.swt is in the deployed product

What is the difference between jface treeviewer setComparer method and setSorter method?

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,jface

setSorter is an obsolete method which has been replaced by setComparator. The ViewerSorter class used by setSorter only supported the use of a Collator for sorting. The ViewerComparator class used by setComparator supports any Comparator class. The IElementComparer class set by the setComparer method is used when the viewer is...

How to go to the specified breakpoint in MyEclipse？

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,myeclipse

I don't think there is any way to do that but the eclipse debug perspective has a "drop to frame" capability which will take you back to the start of the method. This is standard eclipse functionality, not specific to MyEclipse.

How to open web.xml as tree view in eclipse?

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,web.xml

I'm afraid that's the only thing you can get, but design allows you to have a tree-like navigation

How do you create a custom project type (from my plugin) without opening Eclipse?

java,eclipse,maven,eclipse-plugin

Here are my findings :- I went through the advice of Amos M. Carpenter and searched for the source code of the plugin that I have written. After that, I did a debug (Plugin Debug) and searched for the methods that are called when we create a project from the...

How to run some code as soon as Eclipse has started?

java,eclipse-plugin,osgi,equinox,osgi-bundle

I took the JVM agent approach. Luckily P2 has ability to perform some extra actions via touchpoints -- I can use that to add the JVM agent option automatically at plugin install time and remove it when plugin is uninstalled. Sample p2.inf file (goes inside META-INF): instructions.install = \ addJvmArg(jvmArg:-javaagent:${artifact.location}/agent/my-agent.jar);...

How to log starting of Eclipse plug-ins / OSGi bundles?

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,osgi,eclipse-rcp,osgi-bundle

Bundle state changes are already logged by OSGi to the Log Service. Please refer to chapter 101 of the OSGi Compendium specification. If you want to log bundle start events using some specific mechanism other than the standard Log Service, then you can write a BundleListener. The trick is to...

quickfix format using xtext

eclipse-plugin,xtext,xtend

That is rather a can that an is point public class MyDslUiModule extends org.xtext.example.mydsl1.ui.AbstractMyDslUiModule { public MyDslUiModule(AbstractUIPlugin plugin) { super(plugin); } public Class<? extends ITextEditComposer> bindITextEditComposer() { return MyDslTextEditComposer.class; } } public class MyDslTextEditComposer extends DefaultTextEditComposer { @Override protected SaveOptions getSaveOptions() { return SaveOptions.newBuilder().format().getOptions(); } } ...

Starting and Stopping Host Plug-ins

java,eclipse,user-interface,plugins,eclipse-plugin

The extension point declarations are available from any installed plugin or fragment regardless of whether or not they have been started. Stopping the host plugin won't make that menu declaration unavailable. To achieve this you may need to register the menu contribution programmatically when the bundle starts and remove it...

How do Java plug-in / extension applications work? [closed]

In case of Eclipse, it isn't "something like OSGi", it's precisely OSGi. Eclipse just adds some specific services and Eclipse-specific notions like extension points.

How to structure my XText terminals? WORDS/SL_STRING/ML_STRING

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,dsl,xtext

You should implement a data type rule in order to achieve the desired behavior. Sebastian wrote an excellent blog post on this topic which can be found here: http://zarnekow.blogspot.de/2012/11/xtext-corner-6-data-types-terminals-why.html Here is a minimal example of a grammar: grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl" Model: greetings+=Greeting*; Greeting: 'Example' ':' comment=Comment;...

How Add jar file to eclipse plugin?

eclipse-plugin

You must add the jars to the Bundle-Classpath in the plugin MANIFEST.MF and also include them in the 'build.properties' file so they are included in the plugin build. To add to the Bundle-Classpath open the plugin.xml editor and go to the 'Runtime' tab. Add the jars to the 'Classpath' section...

Tycho: How to bring all the eclipse test-plugins in target?

eclipse,maven,eclipse-plugin,tycho,surefire

Did you try the approaches mentioned in the below link ? https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tycho/Target_Platform I hope this will solve your issue....

How to add buttons to the JFace ErrorDialog

java,eclipse-plugin,jface

You can extend the ErrorDialog class so that you can override the createButtonsForButtonBar method. For example this is from the Eclipse p2 install plugin: public class OkCancelErrorDialog extends ErrorDialog { public OkCancelErrorDialog(Shell parentShell, String dialogTitle, String message, IStatus status, int displayMask) { super(parentShell, dialogTitle, message, status, displayMask); } @Override protected...

Re-set Editor Input of AbstractConfigurationEditor

eclipse,user-interface,eclipse-plugin,swt,jface

Added a method inside my abstract class to reset my editor input. :) public void newInput(IEditorInput i){ this.setInput(i); } ...

File Selection from List in a Wizard page

There is FilteredResourcesSelectionDialog that is a popup displaying any resource wanted, eventually with pre-loaded regexp, allowing to search for file, and you give him a root directory : You call getResult() to retrieve selection as Object[]. If you want to do just a wizard that does that, then I would...

Filter file system file selection dialog by ContentTypeId

eclipse,eclipse-plugin

The standard SWT FileDialog can only be filtered by file extension and cannot be extended. You could write your own file selection dialog using the normal Java File or Path APIs with a tree viewer and a viewer filter. Because the files are outside of the workspace you can't use...

Get highlighted variable -Eclipse

java,eclipse-plugin,syntax-highlighting,eclipse-cdt,highlight

Well after searching in some links, I achvieved that by using the ISelectionProvider and ITextSelection Interfaces. Here a code to get the name of the highlighted variable : ISelectionProvider selProvider = textEditor.getSelectionProvider(); ITextSelection txtSel = (ITextSelection) selProvider.getSelection(); String varName = txtSel.getText(); ...

Retrieving arbitrary Eclipse preferences programmatically

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,jface

Use IFileEditorMapping[] mapping = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getEditorRegistry().getFileEditorMappings(); to get the mappings between file types and their supported editors. Look at this javadoc to see everything you could ever want to know about the mappings...

Missing jar files in Eclipse RCP 4.4.2 (Luna SR2) SDK, delta pack and language pack

jar,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,java-8,eclipse-luna

There is huge differences between the internals of 3.7 and 4.4 with many changes to plugins - some new, some removed. What you have downloaded covers the whole of the core Eclipse. org.eclipse.update.xxx is the old Eclipse update system which was replaced some time ago with the 'p2' install manager...

Cyclic Dependencies detected while creating exe from rcp plugin

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,rcp

It means for example : Plugin A has a dependency to plugin B and Plugin B has a dependency to plugin A You need to refactor your code so that you don't have this problem anymore. Try to determine which code/plugin is overused, and optimize the distribution, even if that...

What is difference between versions of eclipse like juno, kepler etc.? Which version to choose for web development?

eclipse,eclipse-plugin,web-deployment

Juno, indigo, Galileo are friendly names for release versions of Eclipse platform: Galileo is 3.5 Indigo is 3.7 Juno is 4.2 Luna is 4.4 Eclipse providers "prepackaged" distributions for your specific needs - http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. For example http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-php-developers/lunasr2 is for PHP developers. I am not sure what specific web development you...

Duplicate package name in different project causes InvalidAccessException when run as plugin test

java,eclipse,junit,eclipse-plugin

The most common way around this is to make your test bundle a Fragment rather than a Plugin and set its host plugin as the one containing the classes you are testing. This will mean the fragment uses the host plugin's ClassLoader and so should have access to those classes....

Add a new sub menu to compare with menu in Package explorer and project explorer

java,plugins,eclipse-plugin,jasper-reports

The popup menu id for Project Explorer appears to be org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer#PopupMenu Alternatively the PDE plugin uses: <menuContribution allPopups="false" locationURI="popup:org.eclipse.ui.popup.any?after=additions"> to add its 'Compare With > API Baseline' menu item....

How to install JasperReports as an Eclipse plugin with no internet connection? [duplicate]

You can download the files from another computer and put it in a usb. I guess if you have connection for stackoverflow, you might have enough for downloading files. The procedure is shown here what I used before: open Eclipse: Help -> Install New Software... -> Add -> Archive.... Another...

Add a progress bar to a Job in RCP

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp,rcp,jobs

Normally jobs show a progress indicator in the progress view and in the status line at the bottom of the main window. If you call setUser(true) before schedule() then the job will show a pop-up progress dialog if the job runs for more than a few seconds. To show job...

Rascal error installing artifact missing

eclipse-plugin,rascal

We were in the process of updating the stable plugin, something went wrong there. It should work now, you might have to refresh the update site. (or start with a new eclipse)....

UML tool for reverse engineering a Java Project [closed]

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,uml,reverse-engineering

StarUML is a good open source tool, I think it have what you desire.

org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Invalid thread access from HandledContributionItem

eclipse,multithreading,eclipse-plugin,swt

It seems that you've hit a bug in Eclipse. The same stacktrace is described in Bug 445560. Chances are that the workaround described in this bug report (see comment 4) also helps in your case: As current local workaround for this issue I've added in our rcp code an early...

eclipse import gradle project download take forever

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,libgdx

if I understand your question, you can generate a project with libgdx setup in advance button, click on eclipse, offline mode, Gradle, download the dependencies on your computer. to import into eclipse the setup, where advanced eclipse click shows how to do it. setup libGDX advanced click click eclipse and...

How to verify if a resource is of type .c, .h, .s in Eclipse?

Objects you get from the current selection often aren't instances of the underlying resource but can be 'adapted' to the resource using: IAdapterManager adapter = Platform.getAdapterManager(); IResource resource = (IResource)adapter.getAdapter(selectedObject, IResource.class); if (resource instanceof IFile) { .... } ...

Make Command Only Visible When a Handler is Present

eclipse,maven,build,eclipse-plugin,tycho

This feels like a hack, but hooking this property tester to the command helps: public class HandlerEnabledTester extends PropertyTester { private static final String PROPERTY_HANDLER_ENABLED = "handlerEnabled"; @Override public boolean test(final Object receiver, final String property, final Object[] args, final Object expectedValue) { if (PROPERTY_HANDLER_ENABLED.equals(property)) { return isHandlerEnabled((String) expectedValue); }...

Tycho compiler does not find classes from plugin dependecies

When you enable debug output (-X), the log output of the tycho-compiler-plugin includes the exact list of JARs that Tycho compiles against. (Look for [DEBUG] Classpath:) So if you e.g. see that Tycho's dependency resolution picked the wrong version of org.eclipse.xtext.xbase, you can either change the target platform so that...

How to contribute a context menu to a custom view in an eclipse plug-in project?

eclipse,debugging,view,eclipse-plugin,popup

You must create a context menu in your view code and register it with the view site. Something like: ISelectionProvider provider = ... a selection provider such as a TreeViewer or TableViewer Control control = control to own the menu - usually the TreeViewer or TableViewer control MenuManager menuMgr =...

How to give PHP nature to a eclipse plugin

php,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-pde

Use the following code to add a nature to a project: IProject project = .... get the project you want to modify IProjectDescription description = project.getDescription(); String [] natures = description.getNatureIds(); String [] newNatures = new String[natures.length + 1]; System.arraycopy(natures, 0, newNatures, 0, natures.length); newNatures[natures.length] = "org.eclipse.php.core.PHPNature"; description.setNatureIds(newNatures); project.setDescription(description, null);...

Force Re-Evaluation of Command Enablement

eclipse-plugin,sonarqube,p2

I think the IEvaluationService.requestEvaluation method may do what you want: IEvaluationService evalService = (IEvaluationService) PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getService(IEvaluationService.class); evalService.requestEvaluation("org.acme.printable"); The JavaDoc says Request that this service re-evaluate all registered core expressions that contain a property tester for the given property name. ...

SonarQube P2 repository has gone forever

The new update URL is: http://downloads.sonarsource.com/eclipse/eclipse/ This will be updated on the Eclipse Marketplace....

Close an open IFile in editor if it is deleted in Project Explorer

eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

A resource change event usually contains information about changes to all related resources. For a file change this will be the file, parent folders and the project. The getResource method of IResourceChangeEvent just returns you the top most resource that has been changed. The IResourceDelta returned by getDelta contains the...

Second overview ruler in Eclipse

eclipse,eclipse-plugin

You use the org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor.rulerColumns extension point to define a column in the editor ruler. For example this is the standard definition for the annotation and line number columns: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor.rulerColumns"> <column class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor.AnnotationColumn" enabled="true" global="true" id="org.eclipse.ui.editors.columns.annotations" includeInMenu="false" name="%AnnotationRuler.name"> <placement gravity="0.5"> <before...

RCP or SWT to build eclipse plugin

java,eclipse,eclipse-plugin,swt,eclipse-rcp

Both, they aren't mutually exclusive. SWT is the widget toolkit used in Eclipse, and RCP ("Rich Client Platform") is an application platform based on SWT that is also the foundation of the Eclipse IDE. I'd suggest that you start with a project template. Get the latest "Eclipse for RCP and...

Root directory of eclipse plugin project

java,eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

Use Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle("your plugin id"); URL pluginURL = FileLocator.find(bundle, new Path("TestFile.eap"), null); URL fileURL = FileLocator.toFileURL(pluginURL); File file = new File(fileURL.getPath()); If your plugin is packaged as a jar (as they usually are) this will extract the file from the jar to a temporary location so that you...

Implementing a Launcher Framework - disabled Apply button on dialog

eclipse-plugin,eclipse-rcp

You must call updateLaunchConfigurationDialog() whenever anything changes that might update the Apply button - so all checkboxes and combos. You must also save everything that changes in the ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy in the performApply method. The Apply button state is determined by checking that the working copy is different from the original...

Where to Find Package “org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core”