Bundle Importers

This extension point is internal

Identifier:
org.eclipse.pde.core.bundleImporters

Since:
3.6

Description:
EXPERIMENTAL. This extension point has been added as part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will work or that it will remain the same in future releases. Please do not use this API without consulting with the PDE team.

A bundle importer is capable of creating a project in the workspace based on a bundle manifest. For example, the CVS bundle importer leverages the 'Eclipse-SourceReferences' header to import projects from CVS.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (importer)+>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>


<!ELEMENT importer EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST importer

class       CDATA #REQUIRED

id          CDATA #REQUIRED

description CDATA #IMPLIED

name        CDATA #REQUIRED

>


Examples:
The following is an example of a bundle importer extension.


 <extension point="org.eclipse.pde.core.bundleImporters">
  <importer
   id="com.example.ExampleIdentifier"
   class="com.example.ExampleBundleImporter">
  </importer>
 </extension>

API Information:
Value of a importer's class attribute must be a fully qualified name of a Java class that implements the interface org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.importing.provisional.IBundleImporterDelegate.

Supplied Implementation:
PDE provides a bundle importer extension capable of importing projects from CVS referenced by 'Eclipse-SourceReferences' headers.


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