On 17.06.2011 01:54, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
>> How can i tell Eclipse/my plugin to access that store on
>> load and perform an action based on a preference right away?
>>
>> I already found out that an activator is executed when a plugin
>> starts, but I can't load the preferenceStore at that early point, so
>> activator does not seem to be an option.
>
> Why not? We access the store in
> org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator.start(BundleContext).
>
> What exactly do you try to do?

btServer = BluetoothServer.getInstance();
if (store.getBoolean("BtServer"))
{
	if (!btServer.isBtServerRunning())
	{
		// if server is not running, fire it up
		btServer.startServer();
	}
}
else // this is the case that the BT-server should be turned off
{
	if (btServer.isBtServerRunning())
	{
		// pause it
		btServer.pauseServer();
	}
}

My fault was trying to do that the constructor of the Activator. So using a method public void start(BundleContext context) in the Activator allows to access the Preference store. Now I have two methods in my Activator: public void start(BundleContext context) and public void stop(BundleContext context)
But unfortunately that start()-Method is also only executed when I open my preference page and not on startup. (tried to perform a simple Logging-Output in there, to verify this) How can I achieve the desired execution onload?
Thanks.