Export Wizards

Identifier:
org.eclipse.ui.exportWizards

Description:
This extension point is used to register export wizard extensions. Export wizards appear as choices within the "Export Dialog", and are used to export resources from the workbench.
Wizards may optionally specify a description subelement whose body should contain short text about the wizard.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (wizard*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED
id    CDATA #IMPLIED
name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT wizard (description? , selection*)>

<!ATTLIST wizard

id    CDATA #REQUIRED
name  CDATA #REQUIRED
class CDATA #REQUIRED
icon  CDATA #IMPLIED>

an element that will be used to create export wizard

id - a unique name that will be used to identify this wizard
name - a translatable name that will be used in the dialog box to represent this wizard
class - a fully qualified name of the class that implements org.eclipse.ui.IExportWizard interface
icon - a relative name of the icon that will be used alongside the wizard name in the export engine listing.

<!ELEMENT description (#CDATA)>

an optional subelement whose body should represent a short description of the export engine functionality.

<!ELEMENT selection EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST selection

name  CDATA #IMPLIED
class CDATA #REQUIRED>

an optional element that restricts the types and names of objects that can be selected when the wizard is invoked.

name - an optional name filter. Each object in the workbench selection must match the name filter to be passed to the wizard.
class - a fully qualified class name. If each object in the workbench selection implements this interface the selection will be passed to the wizard. Otherwise, an empty selection is passed.

Examples:
The following is an example of an export extension definition:
   <extension 
       point=
"org.eclipse.ui.exportWizards"
> 
      <wizard 
         id=
"com.xyz.ExportWizard1"
 
         name=
"XYZ Web Exporter"
 
         class=
"com.xyz.exports.ExportWizard1"
 
         icon=
"./icons/import1.gif"
> 
         <description> 
            A simple engine that exports Web project 
         </description> 
         <selection class=
"org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject"
/> 
      </wizard> 
   </extension> 
API Information:
The value of the class attribute must be a name of the class that implements org.eclipse.ui.IExportWizard.

Supplied Implementation:
The workbench comes preloaded with basic export engines for files and directories.

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