Hyades Editor Extensions

Since: 0.0.1

Description: This extension point is used to register Hyades analyzer extensions.

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT extension (analyzerExtension*)>

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

• point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
• name - an optional name of the extension instance
• id - an optional identifier of the extension instance

   <!ELEMENT analyzerExtension EMPTY>

   <!ATTLIST analyzerExtension
     id          CDATA #REQUIRED
     name        CDATA #REQUIRED
     class       CDATA #REQUIRED
     extension   CDATA #REQUIRED
     icon        CDATA #IMPLIED
     type        CDATA #IMPLIED
     description CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

• id - a unique name that will be used to identify this Hyades editor extension
• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this Hyades analyzer extension
• class - a name of the class that implements org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction.
• extension - identifies the category of objects that this extension point is associated with. A good example would be the one of the supported Hyades types, such as trace or test.
• icon - a relative name of the icon that will be used to describe this analyzer extension.
• type - identifies the type of objects that this extension point is associated with. A good example would be the one of the supported trace types, such as logging or profiling.
• description - a description for this analyzer extension.

   <extension point="org.eclipse.hyades.ui.analyzerExtensions">
      <analyzerExtension
         id="analyzerExtension1"
         name="Basic analyzer extension for all trace types"
         class="com.samples1.editor.EditorExtension1"
         extension="trace"
         description="Allows the user to analyze statistical trace information"/>

      <analyzerExtension
         id="analyzerExtension2"
         name="%analyzerExtension2Name"
         class="com.samples1.analyzer.AnalyzerExtension2"
         extension="trace"
         type="Logging"
         icon="icons/icon2.gif"
         description="%analizerExtension2Description">
       </editorExtension>
   </extension>

API Information: All Hyades analyzer extensions' classes are instances of org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction.

Supplied Implementation: The Hyades framework itself has a number of pre-defined analyzer extensions. Particular product installs may include additional analyzer extensions as required.

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