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Tas
Tas

Reputation: 285

Customizing UI elements in Eclipse default Java Editor via plugin

I'm trying to develop a plugin for Eclipse that will allow me to modify various elements within the default java text editor. I've found lots of tutorials for creating my own text editor for a different language, but nothing for editing the default java editor. Specifically, I want to be able to run a command and highlight certain areas of the code based on a different program. How do I develop this?

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 149

Answers (2)

Arne Deutsch
Arne Deutsch

Reputation: 14769

You will need to implement your own type of markers and maybe associate annotations with them. Then you can associate the java editor with the annotations to show them. Your application will generate the markers.

Specifically you might want to start to read about org.eclipse.core.resources.marker extension point and IResource.createMarker() to create the markers.

Upvotes: 1

Fredrik
Fredrik

Reputation: 10646

Its doable. You need to find the right extension point that allows you to add functionality to the java editor.

See IBM tutorial. The example with the heading "How do you analyze Java code to apply modifications" seems to be what you want to do.

Upvotes: 1

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