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BundleActivator vs e4 lifeCycleURI [message #1436852] Fri, 03 October 2014 13:57 Go to next message
Bartosz Popiela is currently offline Bartosz PopielaFriend
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Hi! Smile
1. What is the proper way to control application lifecycle in e4 based application? Should I use bundle activator (extending org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin) or specify lifeCycleURI property in my application definition? What are the main differences between these two approaches? Is there a possibility that definied application will be started but bundle defining application will be lasy loaded and still in state STARTING (I mean that Activator.start(...) method wasn't invoked).
2. I also get the following warning for org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.lifecycle.PostContextCreate import: Quote:
Discourage access: The type PostContextCreate is not api (...)
. Is it a bug that it's x-friends restricted?

[Updated on: Fri, 03 October 2014 15:16]

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Re: BundleActivator vs e4 lifeCycleURI [message #1608241 is a reply to message #1436852] Mon, 09 February 2015 11:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Piero Campalani is currently offline Piero CampalaniFriend
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UP!

Here too:
Discouraged access: The type 'PostContextCreate' is not API (restriction on required library '/media/data/IDE/eclipse-linux/plugins/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench_1.2.1.v20140901-1244.jar')
Re: BundleActivator vs e4 lifeCycleURI [message #1608528 is a reply to message #1608241] Mon, 09 February 2015 15:27 Go to previous message
Dirk Fauth is currently offline Dirk FauthFriend
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The bundle activator is called when the bundle is started and stopped in the OSGi context.

A lifecycle manager/hook is used to register for the Eclipse application lifecycle. So it listens to events regarding the Eclipse 4 lifecycle, like for example listening of context creation.
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Eclipse4LifeCycle/article.html

This means if you need to handle the starting/stopping of a bundle, use the activator, if you need to listen for the application lifecycle, use the lifecycle hook.

The warning you get is because the API is only partially released. But that shouldn't be an issue.
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseRCP/article.html#e4overview_api

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