Re: [platform-ui-dev] how to get a file by its full path?

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The eclipse.platform newsgroup is the
appropriate place to ask questions like this.  This particular question
has been asked many times, so you should be able to find an answer by searching
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platform-ui-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/07/2004
07:52:59 AM:

> hi,all
> 
> When click on a file in package explorer or resource navigator, the
UI can
> get the file object by the method --selectionChanged(IAction action,
> ISelection selection).
> 
> But how to get a file by its full path? If I have a string "/root/foo.c",
> how can I create a object(or an IFile) to point to this file -- foo.c?
> 
> Thank you!