Adapter Factories

Identifier:

com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.adapterFactories

Description:

This extension point allows an emf model plug-in to register compare/merge adapter factory creators for specific emf model file extensions. The extension point must implement the interface com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.itemprovider.IAdapterFactoryCreator.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (adapterFactoryCreator+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT adapterFactoryCreator EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST adapterFactoryCreator

id CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

contentTypeId CDATA #REQUIRED>

id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference this creator
class - name of a class that implements com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.itemprovider.IAdapterFactoryCreator
contentTypeId - the content type id e.g. "com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.library.libraryContentType"

Examples:

The following is an example of a compare/merge adapter factory extension for the library content type:


   <extension
         point="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.adapterFactories">
      <adapterFactoryCreator
            contentTypeId="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.library.libraryContentType"
            class="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.library.internal.viewers.LibraryAdapterFactoryCreator"
            id="libraryAdapterFactoryCreator"/>
   </extension>

The following is an example of a compare/merge adapter factory extension for the EMF content type:


   <extension
         point="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.adapterFactories">
      <adapterFactoryCreator
            contentTypeId="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.emfContentType"
            class="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.itemprovider.DefaultAdapterFactoryCreator"
            id="emfAdapterFactoryCreator"/>
   </extension>

API Information:

The value of the class attribute must implement the interface com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.itemprovider.IAdapterFactoryCreator.

Supplied Implementation:

The EMF example plugin implements adapter factory creator for .lib and .uml2 file extensions.