[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: File creation

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You may get more response if you ask this in the eclipse.platform newsgroup,
since this question is not related to swt.

Grant

"Schoenboeck" <seb01016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:csqj68$col$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello!
>
> I am a little bit confused how to create a new file in Eclipse. I know
> that there is the NewFileCreation wizard which can be used to create own
> files and I already used it to create a special file. These files can be
> edited with a special editor. This editor adds an action to the
> EditorContribution bar. If this action is invoked, new java files should
> bed created from the information specified in the editor. My problem is
> you to find out the current Path of the project, how to use the IFile
> interface to create files....
>
> To sumerize my problem up:
>
> 1) I have got the name of the file that should be created as a simple
> string, for example "MyJavaFile.java" and eventually a package name as
> string too.
>
> 2) I want to check if the current project has the package, if the user has
> specified one, if it does not exist, I want to create the package too.
>
> 3) The new file sould be created in the current project in the specified
> package (if none is specifed it sould be placed in the default package)
>
> 4) eventually refresh the navigator view (if necessary to show the new
> file)
>
> thx in advance
>
> Hannes
>