CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaeclipseeclipse-plugin
chama
chama

Reputation: 6163

Using Eclipse Decorators without plugin.xml

I currently have a plugin that defines some decorators using the plugin.xml extension point. However, I understand that Eclipse is moving away from the plugin.xml paradigm in newer releases. I want to convert my plugin to be as future-facing as possible, so I'd like to separate the decorators from plugin.xml. However, I can't find any information on using decorators outside of plugin.xml. Any tips or pointers?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 95

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111216

The decorator manager org.eclipse.ui.internal.decorators.DecoratorManager only supports decorations defined by extension points in the plugin.xml.

Although Eclipse e4 uses the application model rather than plugin.xml extension points to define the user interface this does not mean that the extension point mechanism is being abandoned.

Upvotes: 3

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