ShowPerspectiveHandler (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
- - org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler
  - - org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowPerspectiveHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

IHandler, IHandler2
```
public final class ShowPerspectiveHandler
extends AbstractHandler
```
Shows the given perspective. If no perspective is specified in the parameters, then this opens the perspective selection dialog.

Since:

3.1

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  ShowPerspectiveHandler()
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Object execute(ExecutionEvent event)
  Executes with the map of parameter values by name.
  - Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler
    addHandlerListener, dispose, fireHandlerChanged, hasListeners, isEnabled, isHandled, removeHandlerListener, setBaseEnabled, setEnabled
  - Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
    addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ShowPerspectiveHandler
```
public ShowPerspectiveHandler()
```
- Method Detail
  - execute
```
public Object execute(ExecutionEvent event)
               throws ExecutionException
```
    Description copied from interface: IHandler
    
    Executes with the map of parameter values by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - An event containing all the information about the current state of the application; must not be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the result of the execution. Reserved for future use, must be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    ExecutionException - if an exception occurred during execution.