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9  <h1>Content Sensitive Object Contributions</h1>  <h1>Content Sensitive Object Contributions</h1>
10  <p><em>Last modified June 10, 2004</em></p>  <p><em>Last modified June 14, 2004</em></p>
11  <p>Context menus for some applications have previously only been able to exclude  <p>Context menus for some applications have previously only been able to exclude
12    some menu options based on peripheral information known about the resources    some menu options based on peripheral information known about the resources
13    selected (the number of resources selected, the physical name of the file, the    selected (the number of resources selected, the physical name of the file, the
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23    org.eclipse.core.runtime.contentTypes allows plug-ins to contribute to the Platform    org.eclipse.core.runtime.contentTypes allows plug-ins to contribute to the Platform
24    content type catalog. Further, classes called Content Type Describers have been    content type catalog. Further, classes called Content Type Describers have been
25    added.</p>    added.</p>
26  <p>Initially, two content describers will be supported: BinarySignatureDescriber  <p>For developers providing their own content types, two customizable, built-in
27    and XMLRootElementContentDescriber. Eclipse developers may create their own    content type describers are available: BinarySignatureDescriber (for binary
28    content describers. The Platform Plug-in Developer Guide (Programmer's Guide    content types) and XMLRootElementContentDescriber (for text, XML based content
29    -&gt; Runtime overview -&gt; Content types) describes this in more detail.</p>    types). Plug-in providers may create their own content describers. The Platform
30      Plug-in Developer Guide (Programmer's Guide -&gt; Runtime overview -&gt; Content
31      types) describes this in more detail.</p>
32  <h3>XMLRootElementContentDescriber</h3>  <h3>XMLRootElementContentDescriber</h3>
33  <p>It will now be possible to define object contributions which are specific to  <p>It will now be possible to define object contributions which are specific to
34    an XML file with a given top level tag or which specify a given DTD. To do this,    an XML file with a given top level tag or which specify a given DTD. To do this,
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