Example - Template Editor
Introduction
The Template Editor example demonstrates how to add template support to an editor. The example is
based on the PDE example editor project that can be created using the new project wizard. The editor
is a simple XML editor; it is only for demonstration purposes.
The code for this example is in the org.eclipse.ui.examples.javaeditor plug-in.
To explore the code it is recommended to import that plug-in into your workspace.
Features demonstrated in the template editor
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creating a template context for an editor
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setting up a content assist processor that will propose template completions
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contributing a context type and variable resolvers to an editor via plugin.xml
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contributing templates to a context type via plugin.xml
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adding a preference page for handling templates, both contributed and user-added
Features not demonstrated
Running the example Template editor
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Create a project
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Create a file with the file extension ".xml" in the newly created project.
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Close the editor that opened automatically
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Select the new file in the Navigator and from the context menu select Open With > Template Editor to
open the Template example editor .
Code organization of the template editor example
The example code is organized in three packages:
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org.eclipse.ui.examples.templateeditor.editors contains all the editor specific
classes. See XMLConfiguration to see how the TemplateCompletionProcessor
is added in the getContentAssistant method.
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org.eclipse.ui.examples.templateeditor.preferences contains the contributed template
preference page.
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org.eclipse.ui.examples.templateeditor.template contains the example context type, the
completion processor and the variable resolver that is contributed via plugin.xml.