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[plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553342]

Tue, 17 August 2010 04:31

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Hi all !

I've used some paths in my plugin which are specific to me ( for example when reading the content of a file to extract informations that I used ) .
I want to know if there will be a problem when deploying the plugin at end , I'm not sure but I think that other users will not be able to detect the file .
How should I rearrange the paths if there is a problem

Thanks so much !

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Re: [plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553420 is a reply to message #553342]

Tue, 17 August 2010 09:29

Paul Webster
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emna.lamine@ensi-bourges.fr wrote:
> Hi all !
>
> I've used some paths in my plugin which are specific to me ( for example
> when reading the content of a file to extract informations that I used ) .
> I want to know if there will be a problem when deploying the plugin at
> end , I'm not sure but I think that other users will not be able to
> detect the file .

Plugins can include files either as resources (the standard java way,
simply files in the source tree that can be loaded from
getResourceAsStream(*)) or simply loaded as files from the bundle (like
most plugin's icons/ directory) using Bundle#getEntry(*).

Both of the above methods work during development and during deployment
(when the plugin is a jar).

PW

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Re: [plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553439 is a reply to message #553420]

Tue, 17 August 2010 10:19

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so if I read a file this way it won't work when I deploy my plugin ??

FileInputStream myFile = new FileInputStream("/home/..../workspace/..../myFile");

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Re: [plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553517 is a reply to message #553439]

Tue, 17 August 2010 14:32

Paul Webster
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emna.lamine@ensi-bourges.fr wrote:
>
> so if I read a file this way it won't work when I deploy my plugin ??
>
> FileInputStream myFile = new
> FileInputStream("/home/..../workspace/..../myFile");

Correct, that's not the kind of file that is in a plugin.

If it's a resource in the classpath, you need getResourceAsStream(*).
If it is file or directory you want to include in your plugin, then you
get your Bundle and use bundle.getEntry(*).

What kind of file are you trying to load?

PW

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Re: [plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553546 is a reply to message #553517]

Tue, 17 August 2010 18:06

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Thanks Paul !

I got it Very Happy

I have a file from which I want to read the content. I used this method :

private InputStream openContentStream()
	{
		return this.getClass()
		.getResourceAsStream("/file path in my plugin package ");
	}

then I've done this :

InputStream stream = openContentStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
         .....
stream.close();

Thanks so much for your explanation !!

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Re: [plugin ] problem with paths used in plugin [message #553622 is a reply to message #553546]

Wed, 18 August 2010 04:35

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Hello!

another question please that deals also with the paths !
if I checkout a package source from SVN with my code in my plugin I'm obliged to specify a local path where to put the working copy that I created .
What should I do to transforme this location by default to the workspace of the user of my plugin ( the package source should be copied into the user's workspace of eclipse )? is it done automatically ?
my local path is :

File localPath = new File("/home/..../runtime-EclipseApplication/....");

Thanks for your help !

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