[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: API for finding the plugin providing a give

[Jacek Pospychala <jacek.pospychala@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephan,
if it's compile-time, then you're right it's very close between JDT and PDE.
To verify, you're looking for an entry (either workspace project, or 
bundle on target) on the project classpath, that has a certain class.
You could find it with IJavaProject.findType(String packageName, String 
qualifiedName). Then you need a plugin, or generally a container that 
has this IType and extract it's bundle name from it somehow. I am not 
sure how to do the latter, but I guess it has something to do with 
"Plug-in dependencies" container.

I think it's best to ask the pde-dev mailing list 
(http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/pde-dev), as PDE doesn't have 
any newsgroup.

Stephan Herrmann wrote:
> Hi Jacek,
>
>   
> > sorry but JDT (Compiler/JavaBuilder) doesn't know of plugins.
> >     
>
> I know this question is on the border-line between JDT and PDE.
> Is there a corresponding PDE forum, where I could ask for help?
>
>   
> > Plugins 
> > are generally Equinox/OSGI or PDE responsibility, depending if you want
> > to manipulate some runtime, or develop plugins.
> >     
>
> It's all at compile time. So I might not even have a bundle instance,
> since the bundle might be provided by another project in the workspace.
>
> Multiple plug-ins providing the class is not a problem in my use-case.
>
> thanks,
> Stephan
>
>