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Difference between revisions of "CDT/Obsolete/ScannerDiscovery61/Design"

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=== Extension Points ===
 
=== Extension Points ===
A language settings provider is defined with extension point org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProvider:<br>
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# A language settings provider is defined with extension point '''org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProvider''':<br>[[Image:LanguageSettingsProviderExtensionPoint.png]]<br><br>
[[Image:LanguageSettingsProviderExtensionPoint.png]]
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# In order to get providers created for new projects with New Project Wizard - use '''org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.buildDefinitions''' extension point to associate the provider with your project type. Specify attribute "languageSettingsProviders" for element "configuration" or "toolchain".
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# There is one more extension point '''org.eclipse.cdt.ui.LanguageSettingsProviderAssociation'''. You can define there a custom icon, allow or disallow editing in UI and provide a custom page for editing options in Options pane.
  
 
=== Screenshot ===
 
=== Screenshot ===
 
AG: This is how project properties settings scanner discovery tab might've looked. The page is possibly too overloaded though.
 
AG: This is how project properties settings scanner discovery tab might've looked. The page is possibly too overloaded though.
 
[[Image:NewScannerDiscoveryTab.png]]
 
[[Image:NewScannerDiscoveryTab.png]]

Revision as of 11:03, 21 June 2013

Diagram

The implementation follows this design more or less:
ScannerDiscoveryClassDiagram.png

Extension Points

  1. A language settings provider is defined with extension point org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProvider:
    LanguageSettingsProviderExtensionPoint.png

  2. In order to get providers created for new projects with New Project Wizard - use org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.buildDefinitions extension point to associate the provider with your project type. Specify attribute "languageSettingsProviders" for element "configuration" or "toolchain".
  3. There is one more extension point org.eclipse.cdt.ui.LanguageSettingsProviderAssociation. You can define there a custom icon, allow or disallow editing in UI and provide a custom page for editing options in Options pane.

Screenshot

AG: This is how project properties settings scanner discovery tab might've looked. The page is possibly too overloaded though. NewScannerDiscoveryTab.png

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