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| − | To create an application, you need a plug-in that adds an extension to the | + | To create an application, you need a plug-in that adds an extension to the <tt>org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications</tt> extension point. An example application definition from a <tt>plugin.xml</tt> file is as follows: |
| − | <tt>org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications</tt> extension point. An example | + | |
| − | application definition from a <tt>plugin.xml</tt> file is as follows: | + | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | <extension | + | <extension id="helloworld" point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications"> |
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<application> | <application> | ||
<run class="org.eclipse.faq.HelloWorld"/> | <run class="org.eclipse.faq.HelloWorld"/> | ||
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| − | The <tt>class</tt> attribute of the <tt>run</tt> element must specify | + | The <tt>class</tt> attribute of the <tt>run</tt> element must specify a class that implements <tt>org.eclipse.core.boot.IPlatformRunnable</tt>. Here is the source of a trivial application: |
| − | a class that implements <tt>org.eclipse.core.boot.IPlatformRunnable</tt>. | + | |
| − | Here is the source of a trivial application: | + | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
public class HelloWorld implements IPlatformRunnable { | public class HelloWorld implements IPlatformRunnable { | ||
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| − | To run the application, you need to specify the fully qualified ID of | + | To run the application, you need to specify the fully qualified ID of your application extension definition, using the <tt>application</tt> command-line argument when launching Eclipse: |
| − | your application extension definition, using the <tt>application</tt> | + | |
| − | command-line argument when launching Eclipse: | + | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
eclipse -application org.eclipse.faq.helloworld.helloworld | eclipse -application org.eclipse.faq.helloworld.helloworld | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | The fully qualified extension ID is computed by prepending the | + | The fully qualified extension ID is computed by prepending the plug-in ID to the simple extension ID from the <tt>plugin.xml</tt> file. In this example, the plug-in ID is <tt>org.eclipse.faq.helloworld</tt>, and the simple extension ID is <tt>helloworld</tt>. |
| − | plug-in ID to the simple extension ID from the <tt>plugin.xml</tt> file. | + | |
| − | In this example, the plug-in ID is <tt>org.eclipse.faq.helloworld</tt>, and | + | |
| − | the simple extension ID is <tt>helloworld</tt>. | + | |
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 19 June 2006
To create an application, you need a plug-in that adds an extension to the org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications extension point. An example application definition from a plugin.xml file is as follows:
<extension id="helloworld" point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications">
<application>
<run class="org.eclipse.faq.HelloWorld"/>
</application>
</extension>
The class attribute of the run element must specify a class that implements org.eclipse.core.boot.IPlatformRunnable. Here is the source of a trivial application:
public class HelloWorld implements IPlatformRunnable {
public Object run(Object args) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Hello from Eclipse application");
return EXIT_OK;
}
}
To run the application, you need to specify the fully qualified ID of your application extension definition, using the application command-line argument when launching Eclipse:
eclipse -application org.eclipse.faq.helloworld.helloworld
The fully qualified extension ID is computed by prepending the plug-in ID to the simple extension ID from the plugin.xml file. In this example, the plug-in ID is org.eclipse.faq.helloworld, and the simple extension ID is helloworld.
This FAQ was originally published in Official Eclipse 3.0 FAQs. Copyright 2004, Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. This text is made available here under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.