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extension id's -- what does "fully qualified" mean? and other questions... [message #1090891]

Tue, 20 August 2013 16:01

Eclipse User

I'm trying to wrap my head around the semantics of extension id's, and I have some questions that I haven't been able to find in the documentation.

1. Why are some extension id's #REQUIRED, while others are #IMPLIED? And how are #IMPLIED ones generated, anyway?
2. What does "fully-qualified" mean in the context of a extension id? And if an id is not "fully-qualified", then I understand it gets the plugin's id prefixed to it -- is this correct? If so, where else does this apply?

Re: extension id's -- what does "fully qualified" mean? and other questions... [message #1090892 is a reply to message #1090891]

Tue, 20 August 2013 16:03

Eclipse User

Forgot to link to the documentation I have already seen:

http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/product_def_extpt.htm?cp=2_0_21_0_0
http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_core_runtime_products.html?cp=2_1_1_31

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