Re: [eclipse-pmc] API request: extend core Platform property tester

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fine with this. 228445 is a fairly significant polish issue that we can easily resolve using this support.

McQ.


Paul Webster---05/12/2008 04:19:43 PM---GOALS/BENEFITS: Allow menus that have property testers to be not visible even though

From:	Paul Webster/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
To:	eclipse-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:	05/12/08 04:19 PM
Subject:	[eclipse-pmc] API request: extend core Platform property tester

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GOALS/BENEFITS:
Allow menus that have property testers to be not visible even though
there property tester is not loaded.

ASSOCIATED BUGS:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=231358
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=228445

RISKS:
Very minor.  This is an already existing property tester that is
having more capabilities exposed.

PERFORMANCE IMPACT:
none

DESCRIPTION:
Core expressions supports delayed loading of plugins, and Platform UI
menus treat an _expression_ that's not loaded as "true" (to allow the
user the opportunity to load it).  There are some menus that would not
wish this, and they can deliberately wait until their plugin is loaded
using extra XML:

<with variable="org.eclispe.core.runtime.Platform">
 <test property="org.eclipse.core.runtime.bundleState"
       args="org.eclipse.core.expressions"
       value="ACTIVE"/>
</with> 

Paul Webster
Eclipse Platform UI committer
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