Content Viewers

Identifier:

org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers

Description:

This extension point allows a plug-in to register viewers for specific content types. These viewers are used in the EditionSelectionDialog when presenting an edition of a resource or a subsection thereof. The viewer is expected to extend org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer. However since viewers don't have a default constructor the extension point must implement the factory interface for viewers org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (viewer* , contentTypeBinding*)>

<!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 viewer EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST viewer

id CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

extensions CDATA #IMPLIED>

id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference the viewer
class - a fully qualified name of a class that implements a factory for the content viewer and implements org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator
extensions - a comma separated list of file extensions e.g. "java, gif"

<!ELEMENT contentTypeBinding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contentTypeBinding

contentTypeId IDREF #REQUIRED

contentViewerId IDREF #REQUIRED>

A contentTypeBinding binds a content viewer to a content type.

contentTypeId - The id of a content type defined using the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.
contentViewerId - The id of a content viewer defined using the viewer element of this extension point (i.e. org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers)

Examples:

The following is an example of a viewer for text files (extension "txt"):


<extension point = "org.eclipse.compare.contentViewers"> 
     <viewer 
         id="org.eclipse.compare.internal.TextViewer" 
         class="org.eclipse.compare.internal.TextViewerCreator" 
         extensions="txt" 
    /> 
</extension>

API Information:

The contributed class must implement org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator

Supplied Implementation:

The Compare UI plugin defines content viewers for text and images.

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