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Eclipse plugin life cycle [message #1746724] Thu, 03 November 2016 18:18 Go to next message
Paolo M. is currently offline Paolo M.Friend
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Registered: November 2016
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I am trying to develop a plugin which contributes to eclipse ide (eclipse 4.6.1).
I would to have an initializartion code, so I try to use a "org.eclipse.core.runtime.products" extension with a property

<property
    name="lifeCycleURI"
    value="bundleclass://com.mysite.plugin/com.mysite.plugin.E4LifeCycle">
</property>


public class E4LifeCycle {

	public E4LifeCycle(){
		System.err.println("E4LifeCycle Constructor called");
	}

	@PostContextCreate
	void postContextCreate(IApplicationContext context) {
		System.err.println("postContextCreate called");
	}
}



but launching product id="org.eclipse.platform.ide" with application="org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" , the code in method annotated with @PostContextCreate isn't called.

In a similar example with an E4 RCP product with application="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.E4Application", the code of E4LifeCycle is called.

My question is: how can I initialize my plugin in e4 style, without using an Activator?
I have to use a fragment? An addon?

Thanks
Re: Eclipse plugin life cycle [message #1746778 is a reply to message #1746724] Fri, 04 November 2016 13:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dirk Fauth is currently offline Dirk FauthFriend
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It depends on what you want to initialize. An Addon might be fine in case you want to do something with the model. If it is more some sort of backend initialization where you don't need the model or anything from the EclipseContext I would suggest to use Declarative Services and create an immediate component.
Re: Eclipse plugin life cycle [message #1746781 is a reply to message #1746778] Fri, 04 November 2016 13:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paolo M. is currently offline Paolo M.Friend
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Re: Eclipse plugin life cycle [message #1746782 is a reply to message #1746778] Fri, 04 November 2016 13:57 Go to previous message
Paolo M. is currently offline Paolo M.Friend
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Thank you.
I used addon:

	@Inject
	@Optional
	public void applicationStarted(@UIEventTopic(UIEvents.UILifeCycle.APP_STARTUP_COMPLETE) Event event, 
			@Named(IServiceConstants.ACTIVE_SHELL) Shell shell,
			LogService log) {
		
		Preferences preferences = InstanceScope.INSTANCE.getNode(NODE);
		boolean firstStart = preferences.getBoolean(FIRST_START, true);
		if(firstStart){
			log.log(LogService.LOG_INFO, "Starting maximized");
			shell.setMaximized(true);
			preferences.putBoolean(FIRST_START, false);
			try {
				preferences.flush();
			} catch (BackingStoreException e) {
				log.log(LogService.LOG_ERROR, "Cannot flush " + NODE + " preferences");
			}
		}
	}



This works for IDE contribution an RCP too.
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