Project Nature Images

Identifier:

org.eclipse.ui.ide.projectNatureImages

Since:

3.0 (originally added in release 1.0 as org.eclipse.ui.projectNatureImages)

Description:

This extension point is used to associate an image with a project nature. The supplied image is used to form a composite image consisting of the standard project image combined with the image of its nature. The supplied image is drawn over the top right corner of the base image.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (image*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT image (description?)>

<!ATTLIST image

id CDATA #REQUIRED

natureId IDREF #REQUIRED

icon CDATA #REQUIRED>

id - a unique name that will be used to identify this nature image.
natureId - the unique name of the nature for which the image is being supplied.
icon - a relative name of the image that will be associated with this perspective.

<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA)>

a short description of what this image represents.

Examples:

The following is an example of a nature image extension:


 <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.ide.projectNatureImages">
  <image
    id="org.eclipse.ui.javaNatureImage"
    natureId="Resource"
    icon="icons/javaNature.png">
  </image>
 </extension>

API Information:

The value of the natureId attribute is the nature id as defined by the plugin creating the project.

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