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Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491359]

Wed, 14 October 2009 06:19

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I have placed a command on a view's toolbar.
I have implemented org.eclipse.core.commands.IHandler and provided it as the handler for the command and it works fine.
But this handler class should extend some other class.
As long as I keep this handler not-extended it all works fine.
But when it extends some other class the handler doesn't work.
As in no code in execute gets called.

How can I overcome this?
Is it not possible to make handler to extend some class and implement IHandler and use it as event handler for some command?

Thanks.

Re: Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491371 is a reply to message #491359]

Wed, 14 October 2009 07:23

Eclipse User

kaprasi wrote:
> As long as I keep this handler not-extended it all works fine.
> But when it extends some other class the handler doesn't work.

Any stack trace in the Error Log?

- Prakash

Platform UI Team, IBM
http://blog.eclipse-tips.com

Re: Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491373 is a reply to message #491371]

Wed, 14 October 2009 07:42

Eclipse User

Hi Prakash,

Here is the stack trace : http://pastebin.ca/1619123

The problem was this : Parent class from which I was trying to extend the handler didn't have a zero argument constructor.
After I added it, the execute method gets executed.

There are still questions though : Can I instantiate this handler class (extending some existing class) somewhere else in my plug-in?

Thanks.

Re: Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491376 is a reply to message #491373]

Wed, 14 October 2009 07:53

Eclipse User

kaprasi wrote:
> The problem was this : Parent class from which I was trying to extend
> the handler didn't have a zero argument constructor.
> After I added it, the execute method gets executed.

You are not alone.
http://blog.eclipse-tips.com/2009/01/top-10-mistakes-in-ecli pse-plug-in.html
:-)

> There are still questions though : Can I instantiate this handler class
> (extending some existing class) somewhere else in my plug-in?

Yes. But do not call the IHandler methods on that class directly.

- Prakash

Platform UI Team, IBM
http://blog.eclipse-tips.com

Re: Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491405 is a reply to message #491376]

Wed, 14 October 2009 09:06

Eclipse User

Hi Prakash,

Thanks so much. It helped.

Re: Handler doesn't work when it I make it to extend some class [message #491420 is a reply to message #491373]

Wed, 14 October 2009 09:31

Eclipse User

kaprasi wrote on Wed, 14 October 2009 07:42

As an aside, you can manage the objects that are instantiated from extensions (i.e. a "class" attribute) yourself, presuming you follow the API:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement.createExecuta bleExtension(String)
org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtensionFactory

PW

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