| Fragments and Plug-ins [message #289404] |
Thu, 04 August 2005 12:20  |
Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: callum.devnet-uk.net
I'm attempting to write a fragment for my plug-in, however I'm not sure if
this is infact what I require for the problem. I'll explain:
I want to display terms and conditions (T&Cs) for products. Most of these
products share common/general T&Cs, however obviously each product will
have its own specific T&Cs.
So I thought I can create a host plug-in that will contain the
general/common T&Cs, and for every product, I have a fragment which has
the product's specific T&Cs.
The thoery is to store the T&Cs in a file and read the file in and display
it in a Text widget.
In my host plug-in, I have a "terms" directory in the project root, and in
the "terms" dir I two others, "general" and "special". In these two
directories I store the files that contain the terms:
terms
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+general
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+special
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-- special.terms
So, back to the thoery. When the host plug-in loads, it will get the
contents of the general.terms. (The special.terms is empty in the Host
plug-in).
Now, I write a Fragment that has the same structure for the special terms:
terms->special->special.terms
In the fragment's special.terms file I write the specific T&Cs, so that
when the plug-in loads, it will "replace" the empty file with the
fragment's version.
Am I misunderstanding fragments? The docs say the fragment and plug-in are
"logically merged", does this mean my method will work - the fragment's
file will replace the plug-in's file?
And if so, do I get the contents of the file in the same manner as I have
currently?
Platform.getBundle ("bundle").getEntry ("terms/specific/specific.terms")
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// etc
I don't see a great deal of help with fragments on the net, except for a
"internalization tutorial", which doesn't really explain enough for my
liking.
Any help is appreciated,
Callum Urquhart
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| Re: Fragments and Plug-ins [message #289561 is a reply to message #289404] |
Mon, 08 August 2005 10:24  |
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Originally posted by: callum.devnet-uk.net
To answer my own question: it appears the thoery is correct, however
in-order to access the file in the fragement, you use Platform.find ()
rather than Platform.getBundle ().getEntry which I was trying to use for
nearly 2 days ...
Incidentally, there seems to a serious lack of help/useful documentation
for certain parts of Eclipse concepts.
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