+ * Unlike the other openEditor methods, this one
+ * can be used to open files that reside outside the workspace
+ * resource set.
+ *
+ * If the page already has an editor open on the target object then that + * editor is brought to front; otherwise, a new editor is opened. + *
+ * + * @param page + * the page in which the editor will be opened + * @param fileStore + * the IFileStore representing the file to open + * @return an open editor ornull if an external editor was opened
+ * @exception PartInitException
+ * if the editor could not be initialized
+ * @see org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage#openEditor(IEditorInput, String)
+ * @since 3.3
+ */
+ public static IEditorPart openEditorOnFileStore(IWorkbenchPage page, IFileStore fileStore) throws PartInitException {
+ //sanity checks
+ if (page == null) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+ }
+
+ IEditorInput input = getEditorInput(fileStore);
+ String editorId = getEditorId(fileStore);
+
+ // open the editor on the file
+ return page.openEditor(input, editorId);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get the id of the editor associated with the given IFileStore.
+ *
+ * @param workbench
+ * the Workbench to use to determine the appropriate editor's id
+ * @param fileStore
+ * the IFileStore representing the file for which the editor id is desired
+ * @return the id of the appropriate editor
+ * @since 3.3
+ */
+ private static String getEditorId(IFileStore fileStore) {
+ IEditorDescriptor descriptor;
+ try {
+ descriptor = IDE.getEditorDescriptor(fileStore.getName());
+ } catch (PartInitException e) {
+ return null;
+ }
+ if (descriptor != null)
+ return descriptor.getId();
+ return null;
+ }
+
/**
* Save all dirty editors in the workbench whose editor input is a child
* resource of one of the IResource's provided. Opens a
Index: src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/EditorAreaDropAdapter.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/EditorAreaDropAdapter.java,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 EditorAreaDropAdapter.java
--- src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/EditorAreaDropAdapter.java 24 Oct 2006 17:04:32 -0000 1.11
+++ src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/EditorAreaDropAdapter.java 15 Feb 2007 12:31:59 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -11,14 +11,18 @@
package org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide;
+import org.eclipse.core.filesystem.EFS;
+import org.eclipse.core.filesystem.IFileStore;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DND;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTargetAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTargetEvent;
+import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.FileTransfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorInput;
@@ -119,6 +123,21 @@
}
}
+ /* Open Editor for file from local file system */
+ else if (FileTransfer.getInstance().isSupportedType(
+ event.currentDataType)) {
+ Assert.isTrue(event.data instanceof String[]);
+ String[] paths = (String[]) event.data;
+ for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
+ IFileStore fileStore = EFS.getLocalFileSystem().getStore(new Path(paths[i]));
+ try {
+ IDE.openEditorOnFileStore(page, fileStore);
+ } catch (PartInitException e) {
+ // silently ignore problems opening the editor
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
}
/**