com.ibm.etools.iseries.edit
Class IBMiEditPlugin

java.lang.Object
  SystemBasePlugin
      com.ibm.etools.iseries.edit.IBMiEditPlugin

public class IBMiEditPlugin
extends SystemBasePlugin

The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle

Field Summary

static String	copyright
static String	HELPPREFIX
static String	PLUGIN_ID

Constructor Summary

IBMiEditPlugin()
The constructor

Method Summary

static IBMiEditPlugin	getDefault() Returns the shared instance
static ImageDescriptor	getImageDescriptorByFileName(String strImage) Returns the image descriptor given the file name.
static URL	getPluginInstallURL() Return the file path where this plugin is installed.
static String	getString(ResourceBundle resourceBundle, String key, String defaultString) Get a string from a given resource bundle, with an english string to use a default if the given key is not found.
static String	getStringForTemplate(String key) Get a string from this plugin's resource bundle.
protected void	initializeImageRegistry()
protected static InputStream	loadInputStream(String strFilename) iserieseditor Returns the resource bundle given its filename without file extension.
static Properties	loadProperties(String strFilename) iserieseditor Returns the properties object given its filename without file extension.
ResourceBundle	loadResourceBundle(String fileName) Sets the resource bundle.
boolean	showView(String strViewId) iserieseditor Shows the view given a view identifier.
void	start(BundleContext context)
void	stop(BundleContext context)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

copyright

public static String copyright

PLUGIN_ID

public static final String PLUGIN_ID

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Constant Field Values

HELPPREFIX

public static final String HELPPREFIX

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

IBMiEditPlugin

public IBMiEditPlugin()

The constructor

Method Detail

start

public void start(BundleContext context)
           throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

stop

public void stop(BundleContext context)
          throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getDefault

public static IBMiEditPlugin getDefault()

Returns the shared instance

Returns:

the shared instance

getPluginInstallURL

public static URL getPluginInstallURL()

Return the file path where this plugin is installed.

Returns:

URL where plugin is installed

initializeImageRegistry

protected void initializeImageRegistry()

getImageDescriptorByFileName

public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptorByFileName(String strImage)

Returns the image descriptor given the file name.

showView

public boolean showView(String strViewId)

iserieseditor Shows the view given a view identifier.

loadResourceBundle

public final ResourceBundle loadResourceBundle(String fileName)

Sets the resource bundle. Called by child class in their constructor, say, to load in their resource bundle. Handles rare case when not found by telling user, then dying. Note: This is NOT to be used for plugin.properties since Eclipse handles that file differently.

Parameters:

name - of .properties file, without the '.properties' specified

Returns:

ResourceBundle if loaded successfully, null if not.

getStringForTemplate

public static String getStringForTemplate(String key)

Get a string from this plugin's resource bundle. If not found, stack trace info is placed in the plugin's log file to help pinpoint the offending code.

getString

public static String getString(ResourceBundle resourceBundle,
                               String key,
                               String defaultString)

Get a string from a given resource bundle, with an english string to use a default if the given key is not found.

If not found, stack trace info is placed in the plugin's log file to help pinpoint the offending code.

loadProperties

public static Properties loadProperties(String strFilename)

iserieseditor Returns the properties object given its filename without file extension.

loadInputStream

protected static InputStream loadInputStream(String strFilename)

iserieseditor Returns the resource bundle given its filename without file extension.