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Invoke an eclipse plugin from a Java application [message #1014977]

Wed, 27 February 2013 00:24

Eclipse User

Hi..
I have developed an eclipse plugin. I want to access this plugin from a Java application. Is it possible? Am I proceeding in the right direction? If so, how can I do it? Please do reply even if you feel the question is stupid. I need a quick answer if this can be done or not. I Googled it and came to know that the plugin and the Java program run on separate JVMs. Is it possible to access the plugin i.e. invoke the plugin from within the java program?

[Updated on: Wed, 27 February 2013 06:23] by Moderator

Re: Invoke an eclipse plugin from a Java application [message #1015129 is a reply to message #1014977]

Wed, 27 February 2013 09:34

Eclipse User

You will have to be more specific about what you mean by invoking the plugin. Plugins are just Java code, so the classes that make up a plugin can be accessed by any Java application. If you expect the standard plugin initialization to have run prior to invoking the code, then you will at a minimum have start the OSGI Framework in the Java application to get things setup.

Re: Invoke an eclipse plugin from a Java application [message #1015521 is a reply to message #1015129]

Fri, 01 March 2013 00:14

Eclipse User

Thank you. I developed an RCP application and managed to call the plugin from it. But now I have another issue. I have to access an so file within the project folder. I have loaded the library using System.loadLibrary() but unless the library is in /usr/lib directory, the .so files is not at all getting accessed. Is there any way to access the so file from the project folder so that when I export the plugin, the so is also exported and the end user can use the plugin without any changes? Even if I load the library using System.load() and specify the full path to the so file, it is not getting accessed. Is there any way to do it?

Re: Invoke an eclipse plugin from a Java application [message #1015677 is a reply to message #1015521]

Fri, 01 March 2013 11:33

Eclipse User

The OSGI framework which underlies Eclipse provides tools to load system native libraries in plugins (OSGI calls them bundles). Here is a link to an article discussing how to use the support I found after a quick Google search.

http://holistictendencies.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/bundle-nativecode-using-platform-specific-dlls-from-osgi/

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