Package org.eclipse.help.ui.browser

Class LaunchURL

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.help.ui.browser.LaunchURL

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExecutableExtension, IActionDelegate, IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate

public class LaunchURL
extends Object
implements IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate, IExecutableExtension

Action that launches a URL in a browser.

This class is intended to be specified as a value of a class attribute of an action element in plugin.xml for extensions of org.eclipse.ui.actionSets extension point. The URL to launch must be specified in the markup in one of two ways.

The action element can have an attribute named url, in addition to markup required by org.eclipse.ui.actionSets extension point specification. The value of the url attribute should specify a URL to be opened in a browser.

Alternatively, since 3.1, instead of a class attribute on the action element, the extension can specify a nested class element with a class attribute and URL specified in a parameter sub-element. For example:

          <class class="org.eclipse.help.ui.browser.LaunchURL">
              <parameter name="url" value="http://eclipse.org/" />
          </class>
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LaunchURL()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dispose()	Disposes this action delegate.
void	init(IWorkbenchWindow window)	Initializes this action delegate with the workbench window it will work in.
void	run(IAction action)	Performs this action.
void	selectionChanged(IAction action, ISelection selection)	Notifies this action delegate that the selection in the workbench has changed.
void	setInitializationData(IConfigurationElement config, String propertyName, Object data)	This method is called by the implementation of the method IConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension on a newly constructed extension, passing it its relevant configuration information.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

LaunchURL

public LaunchURL()

Method Details

dispose

public void dispose()

Description copied from interface: IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate

Disposes this action delegate. The implementor should unhook any references to itself so that garbage collection can occur.

Specified by:

dispose in interface IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate

init

public void init(IWorkbenchWindow window)

Description copied from interface: IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate

Initializes this action delegate with the workbench window it will work in.

Specified by:

init in interface IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate

Parameters:

window - the window that provides the context for this delegate

setInitializationData

public void setInitializationData(IConfigurationElement config,
 String propertyName,
 Object data)
                           throws CoreException

Description copied from interface: IExecutableExtension

This method is called by the implementation of the method IConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension on a newly constructed extension, passing it its relevant configuration information. Most executable extensions only make use of the first two call arguments.

Regular executable extensions specify their Java implementation class name as an attribute of the configuration element for the extension. For example

     <action run="com.example.BaseAction"/>
 

In the above example, this method would be called with a reference to the <action> element (first argument), and "run" as the name of the attribute that defined this executable extension (second argument).

The last parameter is for the specific use of extension adapters and is typically not used by regular executable extensions.

There are two supported ways of associating additional adapter-specific data with the configuration in a way that is transparent to the extension point implementor:

(1) by specifying adapter data as part of the implementation class attribute value. The Java class name can be followed by a ":" separator, followed by any adapter data in string form. For example, if the extension point specifies an attribute "run" to contain the name of the extension implementation, an adapter can be configured as

     <action run="com.example.ExternalAdapter:./cmds/util.exe -opt 3"/>
 

(2) by converting the attribute used to specify the executable extension to a child element of the original configuration element, and specifying the adapter data in the form of xml markup. Using this form, the example above would become

     <action>
         <run class="com.xyz.ExternalAdapter">
             <parameter name="exec" value="./cmds/util.exe"/>
             <parameter name="opt"  value="3"/>
         </run>
     </action>
 

Form (2) will typically only be used for extension points that anticipate the majority of extensions configured into it will in fact be in the form of adapters.

In either case, the specified adapter class is instantiated using its 0-argument public constructor. The adapter data is passed as the last argument of this method. The data argument is defined as Object. It can have the following values:

• null, if no adapter data was supplied
• in case (1), the initialization data string is passed as a String
• in case (2), the initialization data is passed as a Hashtable containing the actual parameter names and values (both Strings)

Specified by:

setInitializationData in interface IExecutableExtension

Parameters:

config - the configuration element used to trigger this execution. It can be queried by the executable extension for specific configuration properties

propertyName - the name of an attribute of the configuration element used on the createExecutableExtension(String) call. This argument can be used in the cases where a single configuration element is used to define multiple executable extensions.

data - adapter data in the form of a String, a Hashtable, or null.

Throws:

CoreException - if error(s) detected during initialization processing

See Also:

• IConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(String)

run

public void run(IAction action)

Description copied from interface: IActionDelegate

Performs this action.

This method is called by the proxy action when the action has been triggered. Implement this method to do the actual work.

Note: If the action delegate also implements IActionDelegate2, then this method is not invoked but instead the runWithEvent(IAction, Event) method is called.

Specified by:

run in interface IActionDelegate

Parameters:

action - the action proxy that handles the presentation portion of the action

selectionChanged

public void selectionChanged(IAction action,
 ISelection selection)

Description copied from interface: IActionDelegate

Notifies this action delegate that the selection in the workbench has changed.

Implementers can use this opportunity to change the availability of the action or to modify other presentation properties.

When the selection changes, the action enablement state is updated based on the criteria specified in the plugin.xml file. Then the delegate is notified of the selection change regardless of whether the enablement criteria in the plugin.xml file is met.

Specified by:

selectionChanged in interface IActionDelegate

Parameters:

action - the action proxy that handles presentation portion of the action

selection - the current selection, or null if there is no selection.