[news.eclipse.platform] Re: markerImageProviders extension point not wor

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Trask wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Entered it as bug # 167347.
>  
Please note that this extension point was always marked internal (and 
still is).

Dani

> Regards,
> Bruce
>
> "John J. Barton" <johnjbarton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:elg606$7ge$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  
>
> > Bruce, consider putting this information in to Bugzilla,
> > https://bugs.eclipse.org so it can be tracked. I checked
> > and the 3.2 documentation describes 
> > org.eclipse.ui.ide.markerImageProviders
> > and no bugs are reported against this extension point going away.
> >
> > John.
> >
> > Bruce Trask wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Found a post that answered my question.
> > >
> > > http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.platform/msg26505.html
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > "Bruce Trask" <bruce.trask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> > > news:eld74c$hal$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I have looked around a bit to see what might be happening and it looks 
> > > > as if the markerImageProviders extension point is not processed by the 
> > > > platform by default.
> > > > MarkerImageProviderRegistry is never instantiated by the 
> > > > IDEWorkbenchPlugin and if it is, the registry is not used by any other 
> > > > frameworks.  Am I correct in saying that the markersImageProvider not 
> > > > processed and/or used by the platform at this time?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Bruce
> > > >
> > > > "Bruce Trask" <bruce.trask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> > > > news:el791k$9k4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > Hello I am using Eclipse 3.2 Callisto.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am coding up the example in the book "Contributing to Eclipse"
> > > > >
> > > > > Specifically:
> > > > >  <extension
> > > > >        id="failure"
> > > > >        name="&quot;Test Failure&quot;"
> > > > >        point="org.eclipse.core.resources.markers">
> > > > >        <super type="org.eclipse.jdt.core.problem"/>
> > > > >     <persistent value="true"/>
> > > > >  </extension>
> > > > >  <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.ide.markerImageProviders">
> > > > > <imageprovider markertype="org.eclipse.contribution.junit.failure"
> > > > >      icon="icons/testerr.gif"
> > > > >      id="org.contribution.junit">
> > > > > </extension>
> > > > >
> > > > > whereby I should be able to create a new icon in the vertical ruler for 
> > > > > my marker.
> > > > >
> > > > > My new icon is not being used.  I have searched around and see that 
> > > > > there might be some problems with the
> > > > > markerImageProvider extension point.  Can someone confirm this or point 
> > > > > out what I might be doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Bruce
> > > > >
> > > > >          
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