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Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115241]

Fri, 22 August 2003 23:53

Eclipse User

I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the schema
file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something like:

ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd

How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin? Is
there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need to
know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?

Thanks

Vijay

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115256 is a reply to message #115241]

Sat, 23 August 2003 00:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: paull.NOSPAMcodetelligence.com

Can you use something like this (with your plugin name)?
MyPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()

Paul
"Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
>
> I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the schema
> file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something like:
>
> ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
>
> How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin? Is
> there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need to
> know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vijay
>
>

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115441 is a reply to message #115256]

Sat, 23 August 2003 10:24

Eclipse User

I had tried that before but getInstallURL() for my plugin gives:
platform:/plugin/com.x.myplugin_1.0.0/
I need to reference the xml/myschema.xsd file which is at:
ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.x.myplugin_1.0.0/xml/myschema.xsd
Don't know how to go from the URL to this file location.

Vijay

"Paul L" <paull@NOSPAMcodetelligence.com> wrote in message
news:bi6qi8$juh$1@eclipse.org...
> Can you use something like this (with your plugin name)?
> MyPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()
>
> Paul
> "Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
> >
> > I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the
schema
> > file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something like:
> >
> > ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
> >
> > How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin? Is
> > there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need to
> > know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> > schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> > testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Vijay
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115462 is a reply to message #115241]

Sat, 23 August 2003 10:26

Eclipse User

You can start with the plugin registry and locate your own plugin.
This will allow you to access your own files, like the schema
Methods in org.eclipse.core.runtime that return IPluginRegistry
static IPluginRegistry Platform.getPluginRegistry()
Returns the plug-in registry for this platform.

Chris Laffra

"Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
>
> I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the schema
> file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something like:
>
> ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
>
> How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin? Is
> there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need to
> know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vijay
>
>

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115487 is a reply to message #115462]

Sat, 23 August 2003 14:08

Eclipse User

Locating the plugin is no problem. From the plugin registry, what methods do
I use to get to the relative location of my plugin specific schema file? I
can get the plugin descriptor from which I can getInstallURL() which brings
me back to my previous question. (See my previous post)
thanks

Vijay

"Chris Laffra" <Chris_Laffra@oti.com> wrote in message
news:bi7thi$9ml$1@eclipse.org...
> You can start with the plugin registry and locate your own plugin.
> This will allow you to access your own files, like the schema
> Methods in org.eclipse.core.runtime that return IPluginRegistry
> static IPluginRegistry Platform.getPluginRegistry()
> Returns the plug-in registry for this platform.
>
>
> Chris Laffra
>
> "Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
> >
> > I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the
schema
> > file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something like:
> >
> > ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
> >
> > How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin? Is
> > there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need to
> > know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> > schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> > testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Vijay
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115498 is a reply to message #115441]

Sat, 23 August 2003 16:14

Eclipse User

ok I figured it out.
URL installURL = myPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()
URL fileURL = new URL(installURL, "xml/myschema.xsd")
URL locURL = Platform.asLocalURL(fileURL)
String fname = locURL.getFile()

Vijay

"Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bi7tdi$9jj$1@eclipse.org...
>
> I had tried that before but getInstallURL() for my plugin gives:
> platform:/plugin/com.x.myplugin_1.0.0/
> I need to reference the xml/myschema.xsd file which is at:
> ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.x.myplugin_1.0.0/xml/myschema.xsd
> Don't know how to go from the URL to this file location.
>
> Vijay
>
>
> "Paul L" <paull@NOSPAMcodetelligence.com> wrote in message
> news:bi6qi8$juh$1@eclipse.org...
> > Can you use something like this (with your plugin name)?
> > MyPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()
> >
> > Paul
> > "Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
> > >
> > > I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the
> schema
> > > file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something
like:
> > >
> > > ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
> > >
> > > How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin?
Is
> > > there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need
to
> > > know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> > > schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> > > testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Vijay
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Relative path of resource in plugin [message #115511 is a reply to message #115487]

Sat, 23 August 2003 16:18

Eclipse User

Did you try Platform.getLocation() ?

"Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bi8ain$i98$1@eclipse.org...
>
> Locating the plugin is no problem. From the plugin registry, what methods
do
> I use to get to the relative location of my plugin specific schema file? I
> can get the plugin descriptor from which I can getInstallURL() which
brings
> me back to my previous question. (See my previous post)
> thanks
>
> Vijay
>
>
> "Chris Laffra" <Chris_Laffra@oti.com> wrote in message
> news:bi7thi$9ml$1@eclipse.org...
> > You can start with the plugin registry and locate your own plugin.
> > This will allow you to access your own files, like the schema
> > Methods in org.eclipse.core.runtime that return IPluginRegistry
> > static IPluginRegistry Platform.getPluginRegistry()
> > Returns the plug-in registry for this platform.
> >
> >
> > Chris Laffra
> >
> > "Vijay Ganesan" <vijay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:bi6ofc$iol$1@eclipse.org...
> > >
> > > I am developing a plugin that depends on a schema file. I ship the
> schema
> > > file along with the plugin distribution - so I will have something
like:
> > >
> > > ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/com.mycompany.myplugin/xml/myschema.xsd
> > >
> > > How do I refer to this schema location programatically in my plugin?
Is
> > > there a "ECLISPE_HOME" property that I could access? Basically I need
to
> > > know the location of where my plugin is installed and then accesss the
> > > schema file relative to that location. Also, how does one do this when
> > > testing the plugin with the run-time workbench?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Vijay
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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