Package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.operations

Class OperationFactory

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.equinox.p2.operations.OperationFactory

public class OperationFactory
extends Object

OperationFactory provides a set of helpers to simplify dealing with the running installation. Among other things, it simplifies the installation, un-installation and update. If the system you are trying to modify is not the running one, you need to directly use the various subclass of ProfileChangeOperation.

Since:

2.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OperationFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
InstallOperation	createInstallOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toInstall, Collection<URI> repos, IProgressMonitor monitor)	This factory method creates an InstallOperation to install all the elements listed from the specified repositories.
SynchronizeOperation	createSynchronizeOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toInstall, Collection<URI> repos, IProgressMonitor monitor)	This factory method creates an SynchronizeOperation that will cause the current installation to exclusively contain the elements listed once executed.
UninstallOperation	createUninstallOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toUninstall, Collection<URI> repos, IProgressMonitor monitor)	Create an UninstallOperation that will uninstall the listed elements from the running instance.
UpdateOperation	createUpdateOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toUpdate, Collection<URI> repos, IProgressMonitor monitor)	Create an UpdateOperation that will update the elements specified.
IQueryResult<IInstallableUnit>	listInstalledElements(boolean rootsOnly, IProgressMonitor monitor)	Returns the IInstallableUnits that are installed in the running instance of Eclipse.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

OperationFactory

public OperationFactory()

Method Details

createInstallOperation

public InstallOperation createInstallOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toInstall,
 Collection<URI> repos,
 IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                        throws ProvisionException

This factory method creates an InstallOperation to install all the elements listed from the specified repositories.

Parameters:

toInstall - the elements to install. This can not be null.

repos - the repositories to install the elements from. If null is passed, it will use all previously registered repositories.

monitor - the progress monitor

Returns:

an operation to install

Throws:

ProvisionException

createUninstallOperation

public UninstallOperation createUninstallOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toUninstall,
 Collection<URI> repos,
 IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                            throws ProvisionException

Create an UninstallOperation that will uninstall the listed elements from the running instance.

Parameters:

toUninstall - the elements to uninstall. This can not be null.

repos - the repositories to install the elements from. If null is passed, it will use all previously registered repositories.

monitor - the progress monitor

Returns:

an operation to uninstall

Throws:

ProvisionException

listInstalledElements

public IQueryResult<IInstallableUnit> listInstalledElements(boolean rootsOnly,
 IProgressMonitor monitor)

Returns the IInstallableUnits that are installed in the running instance of Eclipse.

Parameters:

rootsOnly - set to true to return only the elements that have been explicitly installed (aka roots).

monitor - the progress monitor

Returns:

the installable units installed, or an empty result if the installation profile of the running system cannot be accessed

createUpdateOperation

public UpdateOperation createUpdateOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toUpdate,
 Collection<URI> repos,
 IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                      throws ProvisionException

Create an UpdateOperation that will update the elements specified.

Parameters:

toUpdate - The elements to update.Passing null will result in looking for an update to all the installed. Note that you can pass the results of listInstalledElements(boolean, IProgressMonitor) to this method if you wish to update all elements installed in the running instance of eclipse.

repos - the repositories to update the elements from. If null is passed, it will use all previously registered repositories.

monitor - the progress monitor

Returns:

an instance of UpdateOperation

Throws:

ProvisionException

createSynchronizeOperation

public SynchronizeOperation createSynchronizeOperation(Collection<? extends IVersionedId> toInstall,
 Collection<URI> repos,
 IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                                throws ProvisionException

This factory method creates an SynchronizeOperation that will cause the current installation to exclusively contain the elements listed once executed.

Parameters:

toInstall - the elements to install. This can not be null.

repos - the repositories to install the elements from. If null is passed, it will use all previously registered repositories.

monitor - the progress monitor

Returns:

an instance of SynchronizeOperation.

Throws:

ProvisionException