Visualisation Action

Identifier:

eu.geclipse.ui.eu.geclipse.ui.visualisationaction

Since:

1.0.0 M10

Description:

This extension point is used to define actions for rendering an IGridVisualisation resource.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (action+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT action EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST action

text CDATA #REQUIRED

tooltip CDATA #IMPLIED

fileExtension CDATA #REQUIRED

type CDATA #IMPLIED>

text - The value of this element will appear as the lable of the action.
tooltip - This element can be used to provide an additional hint to the user hovering on the action about what will happen after invocation.
fileExtension - This element defines the extension of the visualisation resource which this particular action applies to and can be invoked on.
type - This element is used to distinquish between the available types of visualisations that can be run on the specific visualisation resourse. For example, in the VTK visualisation support, there is the local and the remote type available. This element can be omitted or used to distinquish between any other categories of rendering on a given resource.

Examples:

API Information:

See the eu.geclipse.ui.visualisation.AbstractVisualisationAction class.

Supplied Implementation:

The remote and local VTK based visualisation as well as the SRS3DViewer based visualisation implement this extension for their specific render action needs.

Copyright (c) 2008 g-Eclipse Consortium

All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.

Initial development of the original code was made for the g-Eclipse project founded by European Union project number: FP6-IST-034327 http://www.geclipse.eu.