Difference between revisions of "Eclipse4/RCP/FAQ"

Accessing the status line

getViewSite()
  .getActionsBars()
      .getStatusLineManager()
          .setMessage(msg);

@Inject
IStatusLineManager statusLine;
...
statusLine.setMessage(msg);

Associating help context with a control

getSite()
  .getWorkbenchWindow()
    .getWorkbench()
       .getHelpSystem().setHelp(
               viewer.getControl(), some_id)

@Inject
IWorkbenchHelpSystem helpSystem;
...
helpSystem.setHelp(
        viewer.getControl(), some_id);

Handling errors and exceptions

try {
    ...
} catch (Exception ex) {
    IStatus status = new Status(
       IStatus.ERROR, "plugin-id",
       "Error while ...", ex);
    StatusManager.getManager()
        .handle(status, StatusManager.SHOW);
}

@Inject
StatusReporter statusReporter;
...
try{
    ...
} catch (Exception ex) {
    statusReporter.show("Error while ...", ex);
}

Accessing preference values

IPreferenceStore store =
    IDEWorkbenchPlugin.getDefault()
        .getPreferenceStore();
boolean saveBeforeBuild = store
    .getBoolean(SAVE_BEFORE_BUILD);

@Inject @Preference(SAVE_BEFORE_BUILD)
boolean saveBeforeBuild;