Package org.eclipse.pde.core.target

Interface ITargetLocationFactory

public interface ITargetLocationFactory
A factory to instantiate target locations from a serialized string of xml (see ITargetLocation.serialize()). A factory must be provided for each ITargetLocation type using the org.eclipse.pde.core.targetLocations extension point.
Since:
3.8

  • Method Details

    • getTargetLocation

      ITargetLocation getTargetLocation(String type, String serializedXML) throws CoreException
      Returns an instance of an ITargetLocation from the provided serialized xml string or throws a CoreException if unable to do so.

      The serialized xml will not be prefixed by a XML declaration such as <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>. The xml will contain a single root element named location with the attribute type that matches the type parameter. The root element may have children and other attributes set.

      Parameters:
      type - the string type describing the implementation of ITargetLocation expected, see ITargetLocation.getType()
      serializedXML - the xml string describing the location to create, see ITargetLocation.serialize()
      Returns:
      an instance of ITargetLocation
      Throws:
      CoreException - if this factory cannot create a location for the specified type or if the xml string is invalid