Package org.eclipse.ui.activities

Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.

Package Specification

This package provides application programming interfaces for interaction with activities. Activities are objects that may be enabled or disabled and contain bindings to various regular expressions. Activities are used by the workbench to filter selected contributions from the users view untill such a time that they express interest in using them.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
IActivity	An instance of this interface is an activity as defined by the extension point org.eclipse.ui.activities.
IActivityListener	An instance of this interface can be used by clients to receive notification of changes to one or more instances of IActivity.
IActivityManager	An instance of this interface allows clients to manage activities, as defined by the extension point org.eclipse.ui.activities.
IActivityManagerListener	An instance of this interface can be used by clients to receive notification of changes to one or more instances of IActivityManager.
IActivityPatternBinding	An instance of this interface represents a binding between an activity and a regular expression pattern.
IActivityRequirementBinding	An instance of this interface represents a binding between two activities.
ICategory	An instance of this interface is a category as defined by the extension point org.eclipse.ui.activities.
ICategoryActivityBinding	An instance of this interface represents a binding between a category and an activity.
ICategoryListener	An instance of this interface can be used by clients to receive notification of changes to one or more instances of ICategory.
IIdentifier	An instance of this interface can be obtained from an instance of IActivityManagerfor any identifier.
IIdentifierListener	An instance of this interface can be used by clients to receive notification of changes to one or more instances of IIdentifier.
IMutableActivityManager	An instance of this interface allows clients to manage activities, as defined by the extension point org.eclipse.ui.activities.
ITriggerPoint	A trigger point represents a place within the Workbench that has the potential to enable activities.
ITriggerPointAdvisor	The trigger point advisor is a mechanism provided by the workbench that is consulted whenever code that is considered a trigger point is hit.
ITriggerPointManager	Contains a collection of known trigger points.
IWorkbenchActivitySupport	An instance of this interface provides support for managing IWorkbench activities.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ActivitiesPreferencePage	Preference page that allows configuration of the activity set.
ActivityCategoryPreferencePage	Activities preference page that primarily shows categories and can optionally show an advanced dialog that allows fine-tune adjustmenet of activities.
ActivityEvent	An instance of this class describes changes to an instance of IActivity.
ActivityManagerEvent	An instance of this class describes changes to an instance of IActivityManager.
CategoryEvent	An instance of this class describes changes to an instance of ICategory.
IdentifierEvent	An instance of this class describes changes to an instance of IIdentifier.
WorkbenchActivityHelper	A utility class that contains helpful methods for interacting with the activities API.
WorkbenchTriggerPointAdvisor	Workbench implementation prompts the user with a dialog unless they've said that they don't want to be prompted.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
NotDefinedException	Signals that an attempt was made to access the properties of an undefined object.