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Get classes from RCP to plugin [message #448724]

Sun, 30 April 2006 09:42

Eclipse User

Hello !

I have created an editor as a plugin for my rcp-application.
The rcp-application is dependent on that plugin. In the context menu of that editor plugin i try to invoke some methods of the main rcp-application.
Now when i try to access classes from my rcp inside the plugin i get errors because of cycled dependencies.
My question is how can i access classes that are in my main rcp-application ?

Thanks in advance for any answer !

Re: Get classes from RCP to plugin [message #448739 is a reply to message #448724]

Mon, 01 May 2006 07:43

Eclipse User

Marcel wrote:
> Hello !
>
> I have created an editor as a plugin for my rcp-application.
> The rcp-application is dependent on that plugin. In the context menu of that editor plugin i try to invoke some methods of the main rcp-application.
> Now when i try to access classes from my rcp inside the plugin i get errors because of cycled dependencies.
> My question is how can i access classes that are in my main rcp-application ?
>
> Thanks in advance for any answer !

Option 1. Refactor your plugins so you don't have cyclic dependences!
Seriously, if you wrote the editor plugin and the RCP app plugin, create
a utilities plugin. Have the editor plugin and the RCP app plugin both
depend on the utilities plugin.

Option 2. Fool around with buddy classloading. You can set a policy on
the editor, and have the RCP app register itself with the editor plugin.
A google search should turn up some examples.

Later,
PW

Re: Get classes from RCP to plugin [message #448778 is a reply to message #448739]

Tue, 02 May 2006 05:22

Eclipse User

Thanks for the answer which is of course very helpful for me to get a better understanding!
But i think in my case the easiest solution would be to contribute a menu point to the editor from my rcp application.
So is it also possible to contribute a menu point in the context menu of the required editor from my rcp application ? And if it is possible how can i realize that ?

Re: Get classes from RCP to plugin [message #448782 is a reply to message #448778]

Tue, 02 May 2006 08:08

Eclipse User

Marcel wrote:
> Thanks for the answer which is of course very helpful for me to get a better understanding!
> But i think in my case the easiest solution would be to contribute a menu point to the editor from my rcp application.
> So is it also possible to contribute a menu point in the context menu of the required editor from my rcp application ? And if it is possible how can i realize that ?

Have your editor create its context menu. Then use the
org.eclipse.ui.popupMenu extension point in your RCP app to contribute
to your editor context menu (probably viewerContribution).

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-action-contribution/ Contributing%20Actions%20to%20the%20Eclipse%20Workbench.html

Later,
PW

Re: Get classes from RCP to plugin [message #448799 is a reply to message #448782]

Wed, 03 May 2006 02:36

Eclipse User

Exactly what i need. Thank you very much for your help !

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