Marker Help

Identifier: org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp

Since: Release 2.0

Description: This extension point is used to associate a help context id with a specific "kind" of marker (a marker of a certain type or having certain attribute values).

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT extension (markerHelp*)>

   <!ATTLIST extension
     point CDATA #REQUIRED
     id    CDATA #IMPLIED
     name  CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

   <!ELEMENT markerHelp (attribute*)>

   <!ATTLIST markerHelp
     markerType    CDATA #IMPLIED
     helpContextId CDATA #REQUIRED
   >

   <!ELEMENT attribute EMPTY>

   <!ATTLIST attribute
     name  CDATA #REQUIRED
     value CDATA #REQUIRED
   >

Examples: The following is an example of a marker help extension (note the sub-element and the way attributes are used):

 <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp">
  <markerHelp
   markerType="org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.readmemarker"
   helpContextId="org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.marker_example1_context">
   <attribute name="org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.id" value="1234"/>
  </markerHelp>
 </extension>

In the example above, a help context id is associated with markers of type org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.readmemarker whose org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.id attribute has a value of 1234.

API Information: It is up to the developer to ensure that only a single help context id is supplied for a given marker. If two or more help context ids are supplied for a given kind of marker, the workbench does not define which will be returned. However the workbench does define that the "most specific" context id will always be returned for a given marker. That is, a context id associated with three matching attribute values will be returned before a context id associated with only two.

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