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The pair IPersistableElement and IElementFactory forms a very helpfull and powerfull mechanism that be used in lots of different implementations. The only problem is that WorkbenchPlugin.getDefault().getElementFactory(factoryId) cannot be accessed because it is in an internal package. In my code, I am defining a new type of object that implements IPersistableElement. What I would like to do now is to load my object in any place I want, but this is not possible since I don't have access to the factory registry.
You can register a factory using the org.eclipse.ui.elementFactories extension point. Look in the Platform Plugin Developer's Guide under Programmer's Guide > Plugging into the Workbench > More workbench extensions > org.eclipse.ui.elementFactories for more details.
I've done that. My point is that I would like to get a reference to an existing factory after obtained its string id. I don't think there is a "public" of doing it.
Note that WorkbenchPlugin.getElementFactory is just a convenience method. The extension point format is well known, and includes the class attribute, so you can query the plugin registry directly to obtain an instance of a given factory. Moving to platform UI for further comment.
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