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Thu, 05 March 2009 08:12

Eclipse User

Hi All,

I try to provide my own navigator subclassing the CommonNavigator
class. The problem is the method getCommonViewer always returns a null
pointer, any idea ?

thx

Re: CNF [message #334874 is a reply to message #334871]

Thu, 05 March 2009 10:10

Eclipse User

You have to make sure it's configured as a view in your plugin.xml and
the view is started.

exquisitus wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I try to provide my own navigator subclassing the CommonNavigator
> class. The problem is the method getCommonViewer always returns a null
> pointer, any idea ?
>
> thx

--
Common Navigator Framework section in Platform Plugin Developer Guide
(Programmer's Guide)

http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.platform. doc.isv/guide/cnf.htm

http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/francis
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework_Use_Cases

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
- Dr Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go

Re: CNF [message #334879 is a reply to message #334874]

Fri, 06 March 2009 02:46

Eclipse User

Yas it is registrered and launched at run-time.

Francis Upton (News) a écrit :
> You have to make sure it's configured as a view in your plugin.xml and
> the view is started.
>
> exquisitus wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I try to provide my own navigator subclassing the CommonNavigator
>> class. The problem is the method getCommonViewer always returns a null
>> pointer, any idea ?
>>
>> thx
>
>

Re: CNF [message #334880 is a reply to message #334879]

Fri, 06 March 2009 03:22

Eclipse User

Set a breakpoint at CommonNavigator.createPartControl(). That's where
the CommonViewer is set and created.

exquisitus wrote:
> Yas it is registrered and launched at run-time.
>
> Francis Upton (News) a écrit :
>> You have to make sure it's configured as a view in your plugin.xml and
>> the view is started.
>>
>> exquisitus wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I try to provide my own navigator subclassing the CommonNavigator
>>> class. The problem is the method getCommonViewer always returns a
>>> null pointer, any idea ?
>>>
>>> thx
>>
>>

--
Common Navigator Framework section in Platform Plugin Developer Guide
(Programmer's Guide)

http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.platform. doc.isv/guide/cnf.htm

http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/francis
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework_Use_Cases

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
- Dr Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go

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