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EMF Compare/Specifications/ItemProviderPreferences
Contents
Evolution Specification: Title of the evolution
Current status is DRAFT
Preamble
Summary: EMF Compare Item provider preferences.
Introduction
Specification for preferences of item provider contributed to EMF Compare. EMF compare provides a extension point that allow external plugins to register their own item provider. EMF Compare should now provide a way to disable those item providers through a preference page.
Detailed Specification
- REQ_010: Extensions should be able to provide an optional label for their item provider.
- REQ_020: Extensions should be able to provide an optional description for their item provider.
- REQ_030: Extension should be able to specify if an item provider is deactivable or not (by default an item provider is not deactivable).
- REQ_040: All item provider should appears in the preference page. The non deactivable providers should appears in grey. The deactivable providers should appears in black.
- REQ_50: EMF Compare should only use the item providers that are enabled at the beginning of the comparison (no update of the UI if the preferences are changed).
UI
Solution 1 (impossible see bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259092 and https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=203943):
Solution 2:
Solution 3:
Solution 4: Same solution than solution 1 but we do not display mandatory item providers