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Why is a .java file not an IFile? [message #604651]

Fri, 12 February 2010 16:50

sheamus

Messages: 14
Registered: September 2009

Junior Member

I want to create a context menu action for Java source files in eclipses.

In my plugin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?eclipse version="3.4"?>
<plugin>

<extension
point="org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus">
<objectContribution
id="dds_gen.contribution1"
objectClass="org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable"
nameFilter="*.java">
<menu
label="HCM Trainers"
path="additions"
id="dds_gen.menu1">
<separator
name="group1">
</separator>
</menu>
<action
label="DDS Generator"
class="dds_gen.popup.actions.DdsGeneratorAction"
menubarPath="dds_gen.menu1/group1"
enablesFor="1"
id="dds_gen.newAction">
</action>
</objectContribution>
</extension>

</plugin>

If I change org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable to org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile or org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource I do not see my action in menu. But if it is an IAdaptable I do. All the docs and tutorials say I should be using IFile.

I am on eclipse 3.4.

Thanks,
~S

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Re: Why is a .java file not an IFile? [message #604670 is a reply to message #604651]

Sun, 14 February 2010 00:03

Stephan Herrmann

Messages: 1853
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

if you want the menu for .java files in the package explorer,
try org.eclipse.jdt.core.ICompilationUnit, which is the Java model
view of the file. The connection to the IFile is then via
getUnderlyingResource()

HTH
Stephan

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