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Thu, 31 January 2008 09:21

Eclipse User

Hello,

I would like to load plugins dynamiclly when I launch my application, and
unload them when I quit it. These plugins are not .jar but directories. I
use jaas to know if I load or not them.
How can I load and unload these plugins?

Regards,
David.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324745 is a reply to message #324735]

Thu, 31 January 2008 10:36

Eclipse User

Normally you use OSGi and your BundleContext ... see
org.eclipse.ui.tests.dynamicplugins.DynamicUtils in the
org.eclipse.ui.tests plugin for an example. OSGi doesn't distinguish
between a directory plugin and a jar plugin.

See http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/ to view the eclipse source
on the web.

PW

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Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324785 is a reply to message #324745]

Fri, 01 February 2008 03:41

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david.chautard.gmail.com

Hi,
thanks for your help Paul.

Regards,
David.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324819 is a reply to message #324785]

Fri, 01 February 2008 10:53

Eclipse User

Hi,
now I can load my plugin, as it appears in the "Plug-in details".
Nevertheless, I have a ClassNotFoundException for the class which open my
editor, and my editor doesn't open.

What can be the problem?

Thanks,
David.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324857 is a reply to message #324819]

Sat, 02 February 2008 15:29

Eclipse User

David 写道:
> Hi,
> now I can load my plugin, as it appears in the "Plug-in details".
> Nevertheless, I have a ClassNotFoundException for the class which open
> my editor, and my editor doesn't open.
>
> What can be the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> David.
>
Normally, maybe not specified some depend-plugins, if so, add it from
pde depends page.

Regards,
xiangya

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324893 is a reply to message #324857]

Mon, 04 February 2008 05:11

Eclipse User

I think the problem is that I don't start my installed plugin. But when I
try to start it, I have : "The activator AAA for bundle BBB is invalid"
error message.

Can anyone give me suggestions about this?

Thanks,
David.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324946 is a reply to message #324893]

Mon, 04 February 2008 13:08

Eclipse User

In theory installing the plugin should make its plugin.xml available so
editor descriptors and other registry elements show up.

Eclipse will start the plugin (assuming you have auto-start or lazy
start set to try and singleton:=true in your MANIFEST.MF) automatically
for you.

if you specify your activator in you MANIFEST.MF, then your plugin has
to have access to the .class file from the root. Also, is the stack
trace for your invalid error? Usually it has a "Caused by" in it, for
example having your start(BundleContext) method throw an exception would
kill your plugin.

Later,
PW

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Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324978 is a reply to message #324946]

Tue, 05 February 2008 03:47

Eclipse User

Hi Paul,

My plugin is "Eclipse-LazyStart: true", but it doesn't start. I can see it
in my RCP, but I can use it. When I try start method on my bundle I get a
BundleException. Moreover the used class for Activator is a internal
class, and I acces it with : Bundle-Activator:
package.MyClass$InternalClass.

What can be the problem for a BundleException?

Thanks,
David.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324989 is a reply to message #324978]

Tue, 05 February 2008 08:54

Eclipse User

Paul,

When I export my plugin as a "Deployable plugs-in and fragments", I get a
jar file. And I can load this plugin and use it without problem.
Nevertheless, lots of my plugins are directories and I'm not allowed to
export all my plugins. I use the example of "org.eclipse.ui.tests", but I
can't load a "directory" plugin.

Have I forgotten something?

Thanks.

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #324992 is a reply to message #324989]

Tue, 05 February 2008 09:27

Eclipse User

You can load a directory plugin or a jar plugin ... you won't be able to
use this method to load a workspace plugin project, however. Is that
what you are trying to do?

PW

--
Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

Re: Load dynamic plugin [message #325025 is a reply to message #324992]

Wed, 06 February 2008 04:19

Eclipse User

Hi Paul,
Thanks for your help, I am trying to load a plugin from my workspace. Now
I can load directory (exported from my workspace) and jar plugins.

Thanks,
David.

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