File Modification Validator


Identifier: org.eclipse.core.resources.fileModificationValidator

Description: For providing an implementation of an IFileModificationValidator to be used in the validate-edit and validate-save mechanism. This extension point tolerates at most one extension.

This extension point was added in Eclipse 2.0.

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT fileModificationValidator EMPTY>
   <!ATTLIST fileModificationValidator class CDATA #REQUIRED>

Examples:

The following is an example of using the fileModificationValidator extension point.

(in file plugin.xml)

   <extension point="org.eclipse.core.resources.fileModificationValidator">
      <fileModificationValidator class="org.eclipse.team.internal.VCMFileModificationValidator"/>
   </extension>

API Information: The value of the class attribute must represent an implementation of org.eclipse.core.resources.IFileModificationValidator.

Supplied Implementation: The Team component will generally provide the implementation of the file modification validator. The extension point should not be used by any other clients.

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