Package org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences

Class AbstractPreferenceInitializer

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.AbstractPreferenceInitializer

public abstract class AbstractPreferenceInitializer
extends Object

Abstract class used to aid in default preference value initialization. Clients who extend the org.eclipse.equinox.preferences.preferences or the org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences extension point are able to specify a class within an initializer element.

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractPreferenceInitializer()	Default constructor for the class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	initializeDefaultPreferences()	This method is called by the preference initializer to initialize default preference values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractPreferenceInitializer

public AbstractPreferenceInitializer()

Default constructor for the class.

Method Details

initializeDefaultPreferences

public abstract void initializeDefaultPreferences()

This method is called by the preference initializer to initialize default preference values. Clients should get the correct node for their bundle and then set the default values on it. For example:

                        public void initializeDefaultPreferences() {
                                Preferences node = new DefaultScope().getNode("my.bundle.id");
                                node.put(key, value);
                        }
 

Note: Clients should only set default preference values for their own bundle.

Note: Clients should not call this method. It will be called automatically by the preference initializer when the appropriate default preference node is accessed.