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a.k.a. "the twenty things"
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#REDIRECT [[E4/Eclipse_Application_Services]]
 
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This is a first list of "recommended APIs" - things that we expect most Eclipse plug-ins would make use of (if applicable).
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Note that "the Workbench", "PlatformUI" or "Platform" are not on this list. Think of which services you would want to use from within your contributed view or editor.
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=== Selection ===
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ISelectionService - Listening to the current selection
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=== Adapting objects ===
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IAdapterManager - adapt an object (typically, the current selection) to a type that is relevant to the current plug-in
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=== Scheduling background work ===
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IProgressService - Schedule work in a way that is visible to the user
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Job, IJobManager - schedule and manage background jobs
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=== Help ===
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IWorkbenchHelpSystem
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=== Undo/Redo ===
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IWorkbenchOperationSupport
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=== Preferences ===
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IPreferencesService - retrieve and modify preferences
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=== Handlers ===
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IHandlerService - register a handler for a global command like Copy/Paste
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''Bjorn asks:'' where is the list of the global commands? Do we have a namespace of commands? Can any plug-in contribute to the set of commands? How do we know what the semantics of a given command are?
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=== UI Contributions ===
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IMenuService - programmatic contribution to menus and toolbars
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=== Open web pages ===
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IWorkbenchBrowserSupport
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=== Decorations ===
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IDecoratorManager
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=== Dynamic enablement ===
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IExtensionTracker - ability to react to components coming and going at runtime
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=== UI state persistence ===
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IDialogSettings, IMemento - Persistence of UI state: layouts, dialog sizes, viewer selection and expansion state
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=== Extension registry ===
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IExtensionRegistry - registering and accessing extensions and extension points
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 16 January 2009

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