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Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #668580]

Fri, 06 May 2011 06:20

Eclipse User

Hello everyone

I am dealing with some Legacy-Code regarding the OpenWorkspaceAction. I want to execute some code, showing a message, before the actual Action is triggered.

The reason is that we provide a additional command for creating a new workspace that prepares a default-setup for our team. Anyway I already found this thread which makes me thing that I dont have a chance in hooking in before this action because it is registered directly in the MenuManager.

I was hoping that there is any way that I just didnt see to achieve this with Eclipse 3.6.2.

Thanks in advance
Marc

EDIT: damn...just found PWs reply on a recent thread Sad

[Updated on: Fri, 06 May 2011 06:24] by Moderator

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #668602 is a reply to message #668580]

Fri, 06 May 2011 07:11

Eclipse User

If it is an action that is registered (so it would work with a
keybinding) you can always register an execution listener in the
ICommandService. Looks like the ID is org.eclipse.ui.file.openWorkspace

PW

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http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Expression_Framework
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http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669468 is a reply to message #668602]

Tue, 10 May 2011 08:52

Eclipse User

Thanks for your reply Paul.

We tried your solution yesterday and unfortunately the open-workspace-action did not trigger the ExecutionListener. Other actions (like save-all) did.

I debuged into the workbench and saw that the OpenWorkspaceAction has no actionDefinitionId set. I was then trying to get a hold on the ActionRegistry but I couldnt find a way. It seems this is only accessible via a View which I don't have (its all done in the Activator).

Also withing the ActionFactory, which seems to me like a bridge between oldschool Actions and the new Commands, the OpenWorkspaceAction was one of the few that isn't handled.

Is there maybe any other Service that I could use to hook in?
Thanks

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669489 is a reply to message #669468]

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:55

Eclipse User

On 05/10/2011 08:52 AM, Marc Schlegel wrote:
>
> Is there maybe any other Service that I could use to hook
> in?

What version of eclipse are you based on? My
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.actions.OpenWorkspaceAction.Open WorkspaceAction(IWorkbenchWindow)
sets the action definition Id

PW

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Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Expression_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669498 is a reply to message #669489]

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:21

Eclipse User

Strange...I am on 3.6.2

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669516 is a reply to message #669498]

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:51

Eclipse User

Hmmm, maybe mine was changed in 3.7.

PW

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669522 is a reply to message #669516]

Tue, 10 May 2011 11:01

Eclipse User

I looked it up again and you were right...the actionDefinitionId gets set within the Constructor. But when I was debugging into the Action when it was called the id was null and this caused the ExecutionListener not being triggered. I dont have the class open where this was checked so I will debug this again.

Thanks for your patience.

[Updated on: Wed, 11 May 2011 02:17] by Moderator

Re: Command: hook in before OpenWorkspaceAction is called [message #669669 is a reply to message #668580]

Wed, 11 May 2011 02:17

Eclipse User

Found it again

In ActionContributionItem (line 552 in 3.6.2) there's following code-block

ExternalActionManager.IExecuteCallback callback = null;
String actionDefinitionId = action.getActionDefinitionId();
if (actionDefinitionId != null) {
	Object obj = ExternalActionManager.getInstance()
		.getCallback();
	if (obj instanceof ExternalActionManager.IExecuteCallback) {
		callback = (ExternalActionManager.IExecuteCallback) obj;
	}
}

For the OpenWorkspaceAction the actionDefinitionId is definately NULL at this point. For all other actions from the File-Menu the ID is available an the if-block is entered thus triggering the callback which leads to the ExecutionListener.

So it looks like this is a little bug. But we can live without hooking into this Action...it would just be about displaying a message anyway Wink

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