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[cdt-dev] Question about pluginName and pluginProvider properties in a CDT plugin
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I don't know if this is a question specifically for the CDT or more of a
platform issue, but since I'm seeing this problem with the CDT, I'll ask
here. (I did try the eclipse.platform newsgroup, but got no responses)
I've created a pretty simple plugin to the Eclipse CDT 3.1.1 which adds
some compilation, assembly, and linkage options specific to the PowerPC
processors. I call it org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ppc.ui.
It consists of just a plugin.xml, plugin.properties, and MANIFEST.MF
file for the most part. It creates a new set of Project Types, which
define new Tool Sets which in-turn subclass the tools from
org.eclipse.managedbuilder.gnu.ui (as suggested by Chris Recoskie).
There are no java classes in it.
Here's my problem:
In the plug-in overview, I've set the plugin name to %pluginName and the
plugin provider to %pluginProvider
In my plugin.properties file, I have two associations for these strings:
pluginName=xxxx
pluginProvider=yyyy
However, when I export this plug-in, and try installing it into an
existing Eclipse release and then start it up and look at Help -> About
Eclipse SDK -> Plug-in Details, I don't get these xxxx and yyyy strings,
but rather the strings from org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui. The
only connection I'm aware of between these two plug-ins is the fact that
org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ppc.ui subclasses the extensions
provided by org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui.
If I change the property names to %PpluginName and %PpluginProvider, and
change the two associations in my plugin.properties file, the names do
come out xxxx and yyyy.
So my guess is that the properties of dependent plug-ins are visible to
the my plug-in and can override the values in my plug-in. Is that
right? I've been unable to find any description of the hierarchy of
plugin.properties files.
How do I avoid that without using different names for these properties.
I see other plug-ins using these property names without problems.
Thanks for your consideration,
- Corey
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Corey Ashford
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center, Linux Toolchain
Beaverton, OR
503-578-3507
cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxx
