[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Generating extension point XML

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy Steady wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all these options, that are all completely foreign to me! 
> Will do some investigating.
>
> We want to be able to read the XML in the plugin.xml file for a specific 
> extension, then update or replace it when the user chooses to generate 
> default configurations from their model. This means we need to be able 
> to read in from the plugin.xml also.
>
> Do any of the options you suggest suit that requirement best?

The template option is designed for inserting generated templates into 
an existing plugin.xml ... i.e. when you client tries to add your 
extension, the templates available appear in the bottom of the add 
dialog.  This is the option that has the best tooling support.

Using the PDE model directly means coding everything yourself and using 
internal PDE classes ... doable, but it'll be a lot of wandering through 
the code to figure out what's going on.

Later,
PW

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