[news.eclipse.webtools.jsf] Re: Extending Snippets view

[Nitin Dahyabhai <nitind@xxxxxxxxxx>]

shilpa wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I tried using extension point 
> "org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets.SnippetContributions" but the issue I 
> am facing is that the snippets I would be showing would be read on 
> runtime from some database.
>
> That means I can not configure each snippet item at compile time in the 
> plugin.xml.
>
> Rather I would need something where I can keep on adding snippet item in 
> my category at runtime only.....
>
> I am hoping sumthing is available ....

At the moment, there is not.  The only supported means for putting 
drawers and items into the view are through the UI by the user or 
through the plugin.xml.  You'd want to open an enhancement request 
for some means for doing so, and perhaps contribute a solution 
implementing this ability.  From the sounds of it, simply rescanning 
the plug-in extensions wouldn't quite cover your case.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=WTP%20Common%20Tools&component=Snippets+Framework&bug_severity=enhancement

Were you thinking of snippet items that use a custom 
ISnippetInsertion class?  If so, the class loading story gets rather 
complicated for your scenario.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse WTP Source Editing
IBM Rational