Class Activator

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator

    public class Activator
    extends org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin
    An activator class for controlling the plug-in life cycle
    Author:
    Ben Holland
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static java.lang.String PLUGIN_ID  
      • Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

        PLUGIN_PREFERENCE_SCOPE, PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_BASE_NAME, PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_FILE_NAME
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      Activator()
      The constructor
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static Activator getDefault()
      Returns the shared instance
      void start​(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext context)  
      void stop​(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext context)  
      • Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin

        getDialogSettings, getImageRegistry, getPreferenceStore, getWorkbench, imageDescriptorFromPlugin, shutdown, startup
      • Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

        find, find, getBundle, getLog, getPluginPreferences, getStateLocation, internalInitializeDefaultPluginPreferences, isDebugging, openStream, openStream, savePluginPreferences, setDebugging, toString
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • Activator

        public Activator()
        The constructor
    • Method Detail

      • start

        public void start​(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext context)
                   throws java.lang.Exception
        Specified by:
        start in interface org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator
        Overrides:
        start in class org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception
      • stop

        public void stop​(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext context)
                  throws java.lang.Exception
        Specified by:
        stop in interface org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator
        Overrides:
        stop in class org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception
      • getDefault

        public static Activator getDefault()
        Returns the shared instance
        Returns:
        the shared instance