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Eclipse GMF Guide
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Tutorial: Diagram Preferences

Version: 0.1

Date: July 13, 2005

Contents

· Overview

· References

· Introduction

· Creating the Preference Page Classes

· Registering the Preference Page Classes

· Creating the Preferences Initializer

· Registering the Preferences Initializer

· Registering the Preference Store

· Summary

Overview

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This tutorial provides the reader with the steps to setup diagram preferences for a diagram client. The following diagram preferences can be configured for your diagram so that the user can configure certain aspects of a diagram.

References

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This tutorial references the following extension points:

org.eclipse.ui.editors org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences

More information about these extension points can be found in the Eclipse documentation.

Introduction

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In this tutorial, we will use the Logic Diagram Example to illustrate how to configure diagram preferences for a logic diagram. To gain familiarity with the Logic Diagram Example, refer to the Logic ExampleGuide.

Creating the Preference Page Classes

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Create a subclass of the diagram preference page that you wish to expose to your diagram users. In the constructor of each subclass, set the preference store to be that from your plug-in.

public class LogicAppearancePreferencePage extends AppearancePreferencePage { public LogicAppearancePreferencePage() { super(); setPreferenceStore(LogicDiagramPlugin.getInstance().getPreferenceStore()); } }

Registering the Preference Page Classes

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Add an extension to register each preference page.

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages"> <page name="%PreferencePage.Root.Diagrams" class="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicDiagramsPreferencePage" id="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicDiagramsPreferencePage"> </page> <page name="%PreferencePage.Appearance" category="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicDiagramsPreferencePage" class="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicAppearancePreferencePage" id="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicAppearancePreferencePage"> </page> <page name="%PreferencePage.Connections" category="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicAppearancePreferencePage" class="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicConnectionsPreferencePage" id="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicConnectionsPreferencePage"> </page> <page name="%PreferencePage.RulerGrid" category="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicAppearancePreferencePage" class="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicRulerGridPreferencePage" id="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicRulerGridPreferencePage"> </page> </extension>

Creating the Preferences Initializer

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Create a subclass of the diagram preference initializer and in its constructor, set the preference store to be that from your plug-in.

public class LogicPreferencesInitializer extends DiagramPreferenceInitializer { protected IPreferenceStore getPreferenceStore() { return LogicDiagramPlugin.getInstance().getPreferenceStore(); } }

Registering the Preferences Initializer

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Add an extension to register the preference initializer.

<extension point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences"> <initializer class="org.eclipse.gmf.examples.runtime.diagram.logic.internal.preferences.LogicPreferencesInitializer" /> </extension>

Registering the Preference Store

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Register the preference store against a preference hint with the editor id of the diagram editor. The Logic Diagram Example registers its preference store in its plug-in's doStartUp() method.

public void doStartup() { super.doStartup(); PreferencesHint.registerPreferenceStore( new PreferencesHint("LogicEditor"), getPreferenceStore()); }
The editor id was defined in the Logic Diagram Example plugin.xml file:

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.editors"> <editor ... id="LogicEditor"> </editor> </extension>

Summary

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In this tutorial, we did the following:

  1. Created the preference page classes.
  2. Registered the preference page classes.
  3. Created the preference initializer.
  4. Registered the preference initializer.
  5. Registered the preference store.


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