CODEWITHSUNDEEP
eclipseeclipse-plugineclipse-rcp
ilke Muhtaroglu
ilke Muhtaroglu

Reputation: 137

How to access the member files and folders of a plug-in in Eclipse

We have a plug-in that is exported to an RCP product. In the plug-in, there is a folder that has some files. How can I access the plug-in files under a certain folder in Eclipse programatically?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 409

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

Use the org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator class to access files in a plugin.

Bundle bundle = ... bundle containing the files

IPath path = new Path("relative path in plug-in of the file");

URL url = FileLocator.find(bundle, path, null);

URL fileUrl = FileLocator.toFileURL(url);

The url returned by the FileLocator.find method uses an Eclipse specific scheme and can only be used with certain Eclipse APIs.

The FileLocator.toFileURL call converts the URL to a normal file URL, it may be necessary to unpack the plug-in jar to a temporary location in order to do this.

You can get the Bundle using

Bundle bundle = FrameworkUtil.getBundle(getClass());

which gets the bundle containing the current class or

Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle("plugin id");

to access a bundle by plug-in id.

Upvotes: 4

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