Refactoring Creators

org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.refactoringCreators

3.2

The extension point is used to define refactoring instance creators. Refactoring instance creators provide a means to dynamically construct a ready-to-execute refactoring instance based on a RefactoringDescriptor.

<!ELEMENT extension (creator*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

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

<!ELEMENT creator EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST creator

id CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

id - The globally unique id of the contributed refactoring type. The id is usually a fully qualified identifier composed from the name of the contributing plugin and a unique identifier of the refactoring, e.g. org.eclipse.ltk.core.renameResource.
class - The fully qualified name of a refactoring instance creator implementation which implements org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.IRefactoringInstanceCreator.

The example below defines a refactoring instance creator implemented by class RenameResourceRefactoringInstanceCreator for the rename resource refactoring with unique id org.eclipse.ltk.core.rename.resource:

   <extension
         point=
"org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.refactoringCreators"
>
      <creator
            class=
"org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.scripting.RenameResourceRefactoringInstanceCreator"

            id=
"org.eclipse.ltk.core.rename.resource"
/>
   </extension>

The contributed class must implement org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.IRefactoringInstanceCreator

This plugin offers a partial implementation RefactoringInstanceCreator of the interface IRefactoringInstanceCreator, which converts arguments from refactoring descriptors to generic refactoring arguments (class GenericRefactoringArguments).

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Refactoring Creators

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