Package org.eclipse.pde.core.target

Interface ITargetLocation

All Superinterfaces:
IAdaptable
public interface ITargetLocation extends IAdaptable
Describes a location in a target that provides bundles and features. Abstracts the storage and provisioning of bundles. May contain a combination of executable and source bundles.

Clients are allowed to provide their own implementations. For the target definition to be persisted correctly, clients must provide a factory through the org.eclipse.pde.core.targetLocations extension point.

It is recommended that implementors override Object.equals(Object) to return true if the content of two containers are equal. This allows PDE to determine if two different target definitions have equivalent content.

To display an implementation in the PDE UI, clients may do the following:

- Implement ITargetLocationWizard and contribute to the org.eclipse.pde.ui.targetLocationProvisioners extension point.

- Have their target location adapt to org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProvider to provide text and icon labels in the target definition wizard and editor.

- Have their target location adapt to org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider to provide children items in the target definition wizard and editor. The children must adapt to ILabelProvider to get text and icon labels in the tree.

- Have their target location adapt to org.eclipse.pde.ui.target.ITargetLocationEditor to open an edit wizard when the edit button is pressed on the target definition wizard and editor.

- Have their target location adapt to org.eclipse.pde.ui.target.ITargetLocationUpdater to run an update job on the location when the update button is pressed on the target definition wizard and editor.

Since:
3.8

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    TargetBundle[]
    getBundles()
    Returns the bundles in this location or null if this location is not resolved
    TargetFeature[]
    getFeatures()
    Returns all features available in this location or null if this location is not resolved.
    String
    getLocation(boolean resolve)
    Returns a path in the local file system to the root of the target location.
    IStatus
    getStatus()
    Returns the status of the last bundle resolution or null if this location has not been resolved.
    String
    getType()
    Returns a string that identifies the implementation of this target location.
    String[]
    getVMArguments()
    Returns VM Arguments that are specified in the bundle location or null if none.
    boolean
    isResolved()
    Returns whether this location has resolved all of its contents.
    IStatus
    resolve(ITargetDefinition definition, IProgressMonitor monitor)
    Resolves all contents of this location in the context of the specified target.
    String
    serialize()
    Returns a serialized XML string that stores information about this location so it can be restored later using a ITargetLocationFactory.

    Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

    getAdapter

  • Method Details

    • resolve

      IStatus resolve(ITargetDefinition definition, IProgressMonitor monitor)
      Resolves all contents of this location in the context of the specified target. Returns a status describing the resolution.

      If resolution is successful an OK status is returned. If a problem occurs while resolving a non-OK status will be returned. If the progress monitor is cancelled a CANCEL status will be returned. The returned status can be accessed later using getStatus().

      This location will be considered resolved even if a problem occurs while resolving. See isResolved()

      Parameters:
      definition - target being resolved for
      monitor - progress monitor or null
      Returns:
      resolution status

    • isResolved

      boolean isResolved()
      Returns whether this location has resolved all of its contents. If there was a problem during the resolution the location will still be considered resolved, see getStatus().
      Returns:
      whether this location has resolved all of its contents
      See Also:

    • getStatus

      IStatus getStatus()
      Returns the status of the last bundle resolution or null if this location has not been resolved. If there was a problem during the resolution, the status returned by resolve(ITargetDefinition, IProgressMonitor) will be returned.
      Returns:
      resolution status or null

    • getType

      String getType()
      Returns a string that identifies the implementation of this target location. For target definitions to be persisted correctly, this must match the type in a contributed org.eclipse.pde.core.targetLocations extension.
      Returns:
      string identifier for the type of target location.

    • getLocation

      String getLocation(boolean resolve) throws CoreException
      Returns a path in the local file system to the root of the target location.

      The current target platform framework requires a local file location but this requirement may be removed in the future. This method should not be referenced.

      Parameters:
      resolve - whether to resolve variables in the path
      Returns:
      home location
      Throws:
      CoreException - if unable to resolve the location
      Restriction:
      This method is not intended to be referenced by clients.

    • getBundles

      TargetBundle[] getBundles()
      Returns the bundles in this location or null if this location is not resolved

      Some of the returned bundles may have non-OK statuses. These bundles may be missing some information (location, version, source target). To get a bundle's status call TargetBundle.getStatus(). You can also use getStatus() to get the complete set of problems.

      Returns:
      resolved bundles or null

    • getFeatures

      TargetFeature[] getFeatures()
      Returns all features available in this location or null if this location is not resolved.

      This method may return no features, even if the location has multiple bundles. For all returned features, the bundles that the features reference should be returned in the list returned by getBundles()

      Returns:
      features or null

    • getVMArguments

      String[] getVMArguments()
      Returns VM Arguments that are specified in the bundle location or null if none.
      Returns:
      list of VM Arguments or null if none available

    • serialize

      String serialize()
      Returns a serialized XML string that stores information about this location so it can be restored later using a ITargetLocationFactory. May return null to have this location ignored when saving a target definition.

      The returned xml must contain a single root element named location. The root element may have attributes set and children. The xml should not be prefixed by a XML declaration such as <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>.

      Returns:
      an XML string storing all location information or null