StructureMerge Viewers

Identifier:

org.eclipse.compare.structureMergeViewers

Description:

This extension point allows a plug-in to register compare/merge viewers for structural content types. The viewer is expected to extend org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer. However, since viewers don't have a default constructor, the extension point must implement the factory interface for viewers org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (viewer* , contentTypeBinding*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT viewer EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST viewer

id         CDATA #REQUIRED

class      CDATA #REQUIRED

extensions CDATA #REQUIRED>

• id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference the viewer

• class - a fully qualified name of a class that implements a factory for the structure merge viewer and implements org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator

• extensions - a comma separated list of file extensions e.g. "zip, jar"

<!ELEMENT contentTypeBinding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contentTypeBinding

contentTypeId          CDATA #REQUIRED

structureMergeViewerId CDATA #REQUIRED>

• contentTypeId -

• structureMergeViewerId -

Examples:

The following is an example of compare/merge viewer for zip files (extension "zip"):

<extension point = 
"org.eclipse.compare.structureMergeViewers"
>
 
     
<viewer 
         id=
"org.eclipse.compare.ZipCompareViewer"
 
         class=
"org.eclipse.compare.ZipCompareViewerCreator"
 
         extensions=
"zip"
 
    />
 
</extension>
 

API Information:

The contributed class must implement org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator

Supplied Implementation:

The Compare UI plugin defines a structure compare viewer for zip archives.

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