Re: [platform-ui-dev] Questions on activities and trigger points

[Tod Creasey <Tod_Creasey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The trigger points are project natures and new, import and export wizards.

All of it is done via pattern bindings. If the nature or the wizard id 
match a pattern binding the activity the binding is bound to will be 
activated.

We are not currently planning other trigger points. The current 
configuration dialog will remain (although we might make it look nicer). 
As it is for power users it was decided that it was best where it was.

Tod (and Kim)





"Jim D'Anjou" <danjou@xxxxxxxxxx>
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The EclipseCon presentation on activities states that activities can be 
automatically enabled by trigger points. The current trigger points are:

Wizards (New and Import)
Project nature

How is the relationship defined between these trigger points and an 
activity defined? I can only imagine that the the plug-in defined in an 
activity pattern is inspected to see if it contains a contribution to the 
newWizard, importWizard, or projectNature extension point. Is that 
correct?

Are other trigger points planned or anticipated?

Will the Activity Configuration dialog remain in Eclipse as the way in 
which users manually manage what activities they want enabled? I was not 
sure if it was an interim mechanism or not. Was a preference page a 
consideration for this or might it get filtered out by an activity :) ?

Thanks!

Jim D'Anjou