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Create and set a target platform programatically [message #665266]

Wed, 13 April 2011 19:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jonas.helming.googlemail.com

Hi,
I would like to create and set a target platform programatically, say
from a given target definition in xml. I have browsed the internal
classes a bit and maybe it would work somehow like this:
ITargetDefinition newTarget =
TargetPlatformService.getDefault().newTarget();
TargetDefinitionPersistenceHelper.initFromXML(newTarget, new
FileInputStream(new File("test.target")));

However all these classes are internal, not accessible and not part of
the API.
I have found a related post :
news://news.eclipse.org:119/gnjbai$eb6$1@build.eclipse.org
The proposed solution was to use
org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.target.provisional.ITargetPlat formService
But AFAICS this is also not acessible.
Is there any API I missed?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers
Jonas

Re: Create and set a target platform programatically [message #665419 is a reply to message #665266]

Thu, 14 April 2011 11:01

Eclipse User

You should use ITargetPlatformService and LoadTargetDefinitionJob

Both are in the org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.target.provisional package. The 'provisional' entry means that this is a provisional API. It is not guaranteed to stay the same between releases, but we limit the changes made to it and are working towards a solid API that can become public.

To get the service programmatically, use the OSGi framework. For example.

service = (ITargetPlatformService) ApiPlugin.getDefault().acquireService(ITargetPlatformService .class.getName());

Let us know how the API works for you. If it doesn't meet your needs or you think it could be improved in some way, file a bug so that we can improve it before making it official API. We have not set an expected time to make the API public as there are only few products expressing interest in using it. Meanwhile we have been updating the API to improve support for p2 repositories.

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