CExternalSettingProvider (Eclipse CDT API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.extension.CExternalSettingProvider

```
public abstract class CExternalSettingProvider
extends java.lang.Object
```
Abstract base class for the External Settings Provider extension point. Contributed external settings are added to the Project's build configuration.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CExternalSettingProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract CExternalSetting[]`	`getSettings(org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject project, ICConfigurationDescription cfg)`	Hook for fetching external settings from the contributed external setting provider
`CExternalSetting[]`	`getSettings(org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject project, ICConfigurationDescription cfg, CExternalSetting[] previousSettings)`	Hook for fetching external settings from the contributed external settings provider.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CExternalSettingProvider
```
public CExternalSettingProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getSettings
```
public abstract CExternalSetting[] getSettings(org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject project,
                                               ICConfigurationDescription cfg)
```
    Hook for fetching external settings from the contributed external setting provider
    
    Parameters:
    
    project -
    
    cfg - ICConfigurationDescription for which to fetch contributed external settings
    
    Returns:
    
    CExternalSetting[] or contributed external settings
  - getSettings
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public CExternalSetting[] getSettings(org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject project,
                                      ICConfigurationDescription cfg,
                                      CExternalSetting[] previousSettings)
```
    Hook for fetching external settings from the contributed external settings provider. This call-back provides the previous version of the settings as cached by cdt.core
    
    Parameters:
    
    project - IProject
    
    cfg - ICConfigurationDescription for which to fetch contributed external settings
    
    previousSettings - external settings as cached by cdt.core for this CExternalSettingProvider or an empty array
    
    Returns:
    
    CExternalSetting[] of contributed external settings
    
    Since:
    
    5.2