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New file extension for Web Tools xml editor [message #736094]

Thu, 13 October 2011 15:03

batorpiotr

Messages: 3
Registered: October 2011

Junior Member

Hi all,

I want to associate Web Tools XML editor with new file extension. I'm trying do it this way:

<!--The org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.xmlsource content type is only for
		handling some special cases of ill-formed xml in a reasonable
		manner, and should not be emulated by clients. The two content
		types are often used interchangeably by the XML component, but
		please use org.eclipse.core.runtime.xml instead. -->
	<extension point="org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.editorConfiguration">
		<sourceViewerConfiguration
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.StructuredTextViewerConfigurationXML"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<contentOutlineConfiguration
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.views.contentoutline.XMLContentOutlineConfiguration"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<quickOutlineConfiguration
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.quickoutline.XMLQuickOutlineConfiguration"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<propertySheetConfiguration
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.views.properties.XMLPropertySheetConfiguration"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<documentationTextHover
        	class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.taginfo.XMLTagInfoHoverProcessor"
        	target="hadesclipse.editor.hml">
  		</documentationTextHover>
  		<doubleClickStrategy
        	class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.doubleclick.XMLDoubleClickStrategy"
        	target="hadesclipse.editor.hml">
  		</doubleClickStrategy>
		<provisionalConfiguration
			type="sourceeditingtexttools"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.provisional.XMLSourceEditingTextTools"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalConfiguration
			type="characterpairmatcher"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.text.XMLDocumentRegionEdgeMatcher"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalConfiguration
			type="foldingstrategy"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.projection.XMLFoldingStrategy"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalConfiguration
			type="org.eclipse.jface.text.quickassist.IQuickAssistProcessor"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.correction.XMLQuickAssistProcessor"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalConfiguration
			type="autoeditstrategy"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.autoedit.StructuredAutoEditStrategyXML"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalDefinition
			type="preferencepages"
			value="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.preferences.xml.xml, org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.preferences.xml.source, org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.preferences.xml.templates, org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.preferences.xml.colors, org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.preferences.xml.contentassist"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalDefinition
			type="spellingregions"
			value="XML_COMMENT_TEXT, XML_CONTENT, XML_DEFAULT"
			target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
		<provisionalDefinition
			type="activecontexts"
			value="org.eclipse.core.runtime.xml, org.eclipse.wst.xml.navigation, org.eclipse.wst.xml.cleanup, org.eclipse.wst.xml.selection, org.eclipse.wst.xml.dependencies, org.eclipse.wst.xml.grammar, org.eclipse.wst.xml.expand, org.eclipse.wst.xml.occurrences, org.eclipse.wst.sse.comments"
        	target="hadesclipse.editor.hml" />
	</extension>
		
   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
   
      <editor
			contributorClass="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.tabletree.XMLMultiPageEditorActionBarContributor"
			class="org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.internal.tabletree.XMLMultiPageEditorPart"
            icon="icons/sample.gif"
            id="hadesclipse.editors.HMLEditor"
            name="HMLEditor">
            <contentTypeBinding
        		 contentTypeId="hadesclipse.editor.hml"/>
       </editor> 		 			
   </extension>
   
   	<!-- HML model content type -->
	<extension point="org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes"> 
      <content-type id="hadesclipse.editor.hml"
       base-type="org.eclipse.core.runtime.xml"    
       name="HML model"  
       file-extensions="hml"
       priority="high">
      </content-type> 
   </extension>

Syntax Colouring, formatting and code folding works, but i have no idea why code completion does not works.When I'm pressing ctrl+spacebar in the left bootom corner shows "No completions avaible". Shoud I add something to plugin.xml ?

please help.

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Re: New file extension for Web Tools xml editor [message #736118 is a reply to message #736094]

Thu, 13 October 2011 15:53

Nitin Dahyabhai

Messages: 4435
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Is the root issue being able to open the XML Editor on your own filename extension? If so, and those files are valid XML, you can just add a new file-association, or content type whose base type is XML, using the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: New file extension for Web Tools xml editor [message #736156 is a reply to message #736118]

Thu, 13 October 2011 17:23

batorpiotr

Messages: 3
Registered: October 2011

Junior Member

Nitin Dahyabhai wrote on Thu, 13 October 2011 11:53

... you can just add a new file-association, or content type whose base type is XML, using the org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes extension point.

I think I'm doing this:

        ...

   	<!-- HML model content type -->
	<extension point="org.eclipse.core.contenttype.contentTypes"> 
      <content-type id="hadesclipse.editor.hml"
       base-type="org.eclipse.core.runtime.xml"    
       name="HML model"  
       file-extensions="hml"
       priority="high">
      </content-type> 
   </extension>

and editor is associated with *.hml files, but code assistance don't work

[Updated on: Thu, 13 October 2011 17:40]

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