[news.eclipse.platform] Re: creating an Editor without showing it on vie

[Vinu Varghese <vinusemail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul

Thank you very much , I got it., I am posting my code here

- Regards
Vinu

>>>>>> CODE >>>>>>>>>

	private TextEditor getDefaultHtmlEditor()
	{
		try
		{
			IEditorDescriptor desc = IDE.getEditorDescriptor("test.html");
			
			IConfigurationElement elements[] = Platform.getExtensionRegistry()
					.getExtensionPoint("org.eclipse.ui.editors")
					.getConfigurationElements();

			IConfigurationElement element = null;

			for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
			{
				if (elements[i].getAttribute("id").equals(desc.getId()))
				{
					element = elements[i];
					break;
				}
			}
			
			if(element == null)
				return null;
			
			TextEditor editor = (TextEditor) 
element.createExecutableExtension("class");
			
			return editor;

		}
		catch (PartInitException e)
		{

		}
		catch (CoreException e)
		{
			
		}
		return null;
	}

>>>>>> CODE >>>>>>>>>


Paul Webster wrote:
> Check out EditorDescriptor#createEditor() ... it's internal, but you can 
> follow the code to find out how eclipse turns a configuration element 
> (mentioned in your other thread) into an Object.
>
> Later,
> PW

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Vinu Varghese
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