Description: The platform update mechanism supports pluggable site type implementations. A new site type can be registered in order to support alternate site layout schemes.
The siteTypes
extension point allows alternate site implementations to be
registered using a symbolic type identifier. Whenever the
type is referenced using this identifier, the supplied factory
is used to create the correct concrete site implementation.
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (site-factory+)>
<!ATTLIST extension
point CDATA #REQUIRED
id CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT site-factory EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST site-factory
class CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<extension id="custom" point="org.eclipse.update.core.siteTypes" name="Custom site"> <site-factory class="com.xyz.update.CustomSiteFactory"> </site-factory> </extension>
API Information: Registered factory classes must implement
org.eclipse.update.core.ISiteFactory
Supplied Implementation: The platform supplies two standard implementations of site types. One representing the default update server type, and the other representing the local file system site.