Package org.eclipse.help.search

Class HelpIndexBuilder

java.lang.Object
org.eclipse.help.search.HelpIndexBuilder
public class HelpIndexBuilder extends Object
Builds a help search index for a plug-in by looking for the org.eclipse.help.toc extensions in the provided manifest file. Search index is only created if index path is specified in the extension. Index will contain data for all the topics listed in all the TOCs declared in the plug-in.

If the index is created for a fragment, the manifest must point at the referenced fragment plug-in, while the destination should be the fragment itself.

Starting from the provided destination directory, index for each locale will be placed in a directory with the following path: 

                  destination/nl/country/

                  or

                  destination/nl/country/language/

The relative directory specified in the index element of the org.eclipse.help.toc extention will be created in each of the locale-specific paths (one per locale).

An instance of HelpIndexBuilder can be cached and used multiple times for different manifest and destination values.
Since:
3.1

  • Constructor Details

    • HelpIndexBuilder

      public HelpIndexBuilder()
      Creates a new instance of the help index builder.

  • Method Details

    • getManifest

      public File getManifest()
      Returns the manifest file for this builder. If the target is a plug-in, it is the absolute path of plugin.xml file. If the target is a fragment, it is the absolute path of plugin.xml of the fragment plug-in.
      Returns:
      the file that contains TOC extensions

    • setManifest

      public void setManifest(File manifest)
      Sets the new manifest file (plugin.xml) to be used by this builder. If the target is a plug-in, it is the absolute path of plugin.xml file. If the target is a fragment, it is the absolute path of plugin.xml of the fragment plug-in.
      Parameters:
      manifest - the file that contains TOC extensions

    • getDestination

      public File getDestination()
      Returns the destination directory where index should be created.
      Returns:
      the destination index directory

    • setDestination

      public void setDestination(File destination)
      Sets the destination directory where index should be created. Locale-specific directories will be created starting from this directory.
      Parameters:
      destination - the directory where index should be created

    • execute

      public void execute(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException
      Creates the plug-in search index by parsing the provided plugin.xml file, looking for TOC extensions. If at least one of them has index element, all topics listed in all the TOCs in the plug-in will be indexed and stored in the path specified by the index element.
      Parameters:
      monitor - the monitor to track index creation progress
      Throws:
      CoreException - if there are problems during index creation.