org.knime.core.internal
Class CorePlugin

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin
      org.knime.core.internal.CorePlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

BundleActivator

public class CorePlugin
extends org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

Plugin class that is initialized when the plugin project is started. It will set the workspace path as KNIME home dir in the KNIMEConstants utility class.

Author:

wiswedel, University of Konstanz

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

PLUGIN_PREFERENCE_SCOPE, PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_BASE_NAME, PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_FILE_NAME

Constructor Summary

CorePlugin()

Method Summary

static CorePlugin	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance of this plugin.
static File	resolveURItoLocalFile(URI uri) Fetches a service implementing the URIToFileResolve interface and returns the resolved file.
static File	resolveURItoLocalOrTempFile(URI uri) Fetches a service implementing the URIToFileResolve interface and returns the resolved file.
void	start(BundleContext context)
void	stop(BundleContext context)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

find, find, getBundle, getDescriptor, getLog, getPluginPreferences, getStateLocation, initializeDefaultPluginPreferences, internalInitializeDefaultPluginPreferences, isDebugging, openStream, openStream, savePluginPreferences, setDebugging, shutdown, startup, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CorePlugin

public CorePlugin()

Method Detail

start

public void start(BundleContext context)
           throws Exception

Specified by:

start in interface BundleActivator

Overrides:

start in class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

Throws:

Exception

stop

public void stop(BundleContext context)
          throws Exception

Specified by:

stop in interface BundleActivator

Overrides:

stop in class org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

Throws:

Exception

getInstance

public static CorePlugin getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of this plugin.

Returns:

the plugin

resolveURItoLocalFile

public static File resolveURItoLocalFile(URI uri)
                                  throws IOException

Fetches a service implementing the URIToFileResolve interface and returns the resolved file.

Parameters:

uri - The URI to resolve

Returns:

The local file underlying the URI (if any)

Throws:

IOException - If no service is registered or the URI can't be resolved.

resolveURItoLocalOrTempFile

public static File resolveURItoLocalOrTempFile(URI uri)
                                        throws IOException

Fetches a service implementing the URIToFileResolve interface and returns the resolved file.

Parameters:

uri - The URI to resolve

Returns:

The local file or temporary copy of a remote file underlying the URI (if any)

Throws:

IOException - If no service is registered or the URI can't be resolved.