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Alexey Romanov
Alexey Romanov

Reputation: 170745

Efficient way to get configuration elements for a specific plugin in Eclipse RCP

I want to find all extensions of org.example.extension.point declared in com.example.plugin. Is there a more efficient way to do so than doing

List<IConfigurationElement> result = new ArrayList<IConfigurationElement>();
IConfigurationElement[] allConfigElements = 
    Platform.getExtensionRegistry.getConfigurationElementsFor("org.example.extension.point");
for (IConfigurationElement ice : allConfigElements) {
    if (ice.getDeclaringExtension().getNamespaceIdentifier() == "com.example.plugin")
        result.add(ice);
}
return result;

?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 747

Answers (1)

Tom Seidel
Tom Seidel

Reputation: 9535

No there are no other (more efficient) ways (is this not simple enough?;). In addition I'd use ice.getContributor().getName() instead of ice.getDeclaringExtension().getNamespaceIdentifier()

I really would like to know why you want to filter by a specific contributor. - I mean if you have to "know" the contributor why are you using the extension point? The main purpose of an extension point is using inversion of control; the main characteristic of using extension points is not knowing the contributor. No offense, but probably you are using extension points in a way they are not intended for...

Upvotes: 2

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