org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin
Class RegistryReader

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.RegistryReader

public abstract class RegistryReader
extends java.lang.Object

Nested Class Summary

static class

RegistryReader.PluginClassDescriptor

Field Summary

protected IExtensionRegistry	pluginRegistry
protected static java.lang.String	TAG_DESCRIPTION

Constructor Summary

RegistryReader(IExtensionRegistry pluginRegistry, java.lang.String pluginID, java.lang.String extensionPointID)

Method Summary

protected void	logError(IConfigurationElement element, java.lang.String text) Logs the error in the desktop log using the provided text and the information in the configuration element.
protected void	logMissingAttribute(IConfigurationElement element, java.lang.String attributeName) Logs a very common registry error when a required attribute is missing.
protected boolean	readElement(IConfigurationElement element) Implement this method to read element attributes.
protected boolean	readElement(IConfigurationElement element, boolean add) Implement this method to read element attributes for the purpose of adding or removing their registrations.
void	readRegistry() Reads from the plugin registry and parses it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TAG_DESCRIPTION

protected static final java.lang.String TAG_DESCRIPTION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

pluginRegistry

protected IExtensionRegistry pluginRegistry

Constructor Detail

RegistryReader

public RegistryReader(IExtensionRegistry pluginRegistry,
                      java.lang.String pluginID,
                      java.lang.String extensionPointID)

Method Detail

readElement

protected boolean readElement(IConfigurationElement element)

Implement this method to read element attributes. If this element has child elements, the reader will recursively cycle through them and will call this method, so don't do it here. If you want to support removing entries, override readElement(IConfigurationElement, boolean) instead.

readElement

protected boolean readElement(IConfigurationElement element,
                              boolean add)

Implement this method to read element attributes for the purpose of adding or removing their registrations. If this element has child elements, the reader will recursively cycle through them and will call this method, so don't do it here.

readRegistry

public void readRegistry()

Reads from the plugin registry and parses it.

logError

protected void logError(IConfigurationElement element,
                        java.lang.String text)

Logs the error in the desktop log using the provided text and the information in the configuration element.

logMissingAttribute

protected void logMissingAttribute(IConfigurationElement element,
                                   java.lang.String attributeName)

Logs a very common registry error when a required attribute is missing.