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Documentation for variables in Plug-In extension editor [message #336410]

Wed, 10 June 2009 07:27

Eclipse User

Hello.

When I look at
http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclips e.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/extension s.htm
in the documentation, then there are variables used like %perspective.name (a reference to a
resource) and $nl$ in the Plug-in extension editor.
Is that somewhere documented?

Is it also somehow possible to reference a "public static final String" field of a class as id?
Cause I sometimes also have to use those id's in my code, and it is quite unhandy if I have to
change an id. Then I have to search my code and change all occurrences manually.

Regards,
Kai

Re: Documentation for variables in Plug-In extension editor [message #336416 is a reply to message #336410]

Wed, 10 June 2009 11:42

Eclipse User

Kai Schlamp wrote:
> Hello.
>
> When I look at
> http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclips e.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/extension s.htm
>
> in the documentation, then there are variables used like
> %perspective.name (a reference to a resource) and $nl$ in the Plug-in
> extension editor.
> Is that somewhere documented?
>
> Is it also somehow possible to reference a "public static final
> String" field of a class as id? Cause I sometimes also have to use
> those id's in my code, and it is quite unhandy if I have to change an
> id. Then I have to search my code and change all occurrences manually.
If you define the attribute type to be 'java' then the Rename
refactoring updates the plugin.xml for you when you rename a class.

Dani
>
> Regards,
> Kai

Re: Documentation for variables in Plug-In extension editor [message #336418 is a reply to message #336416]

Wed, 10 June 2009 12:45

Eclipse User

> If you define the attribute type to be 'java' then the Rename
> refactoring updates the plugin.xml for you when you rename a class.

Yes, I know. But how about for example the id for a command.
I often programmatically execute commands with the help of the IHandlerService. A id of the handler
must be specified then. The id that was used in the declarative extensions.
When I now change the id in the declarative extension, then I also have to change the id in the
source code.

Re: Documentation for variables in Plug-In extension editor [message #336426 is a reply to message #336418]

Thu, 11 June 2009 01:57

Eclipse User

Kai Schlamp wrote:
>> If you define the attribute type to be 'java' then the Rename
>> refactoring updates the plugin.xml for you when you rename a class.
>
> Yes, I know. But how about for example the id for a command.
> I often programmatically execute commands with the help of the
> IHandlerService. A id of the handler must be specified then. The id
> that was used in the declarative extensions.
> When I now change the id in the declarative extension, then I also
> have to change the id in the source code.
There's no support except to simply use text search & replace.

Dani

Re: Documentation for variables in Plug-In extension editor [message #336437 is a reply to message #336410]

Thu, 11 June 2009 12:11

Eclipse User

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