Package org.eclipse.ui
Interface IEditorLauncher
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public interface IEditorLauncher
An editor launcher is used to launch external editors on a file in the local file system.Clients should implement this interface to define a new type of editor launcher. Each new launcher must be registered as an editor in the workbench's editor extension point (named
"org.eclipse.ui.editors"
). For example, the plug-in's XML markup might contain:<extension point = "org.eclipse.ui.editors"> <editor id="org.eclipse.ui.SwingEditorLauncher" name="Swing Editor" extensions="xml" launcher="org.eclipse.ui.examples.swingeditor.SwingEditorLauncher" icon="icons/xml.gif"> </editor> </extension>
In this example a launcher has been registered for use with
xml
files. Once registered, the launcher will appear in theOpen With
menu for anxml
file. If the item is invoked the workbench will create an instance of the launcher class and callopen
on it, passing the input file.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description void
open(IPath file)
Launches this external editor to edit the file at the given location in the local file system.
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Method Detail
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open
void open(IPath file)
Launches this external editor to edit the file at the given location in the local file system.- Parameters:
file
- the local file system path of the file to edit
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