org.eclipse.ui.activities
Class WorkbenchActivityHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.ui.activities.WorkbenchActivityHelper

public final class WorkbenchActivityHelper

extends Object

A utility class that contains helpful methods for interacting with the activities API.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

static String	createUnifiedId(IPluginContribution contribution) Utility method to create a String containing the plugin and local ids of a contribution.
static boolean	filterItem(Object object) Answers whether the provided object should be filtered from the UI based on activity state.
static boolean	isFiltering()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createUnifiedId

public static final String createUnifiedId(IPluginContribution contribution)

Utility method to create a String containing the plugin and local ids of a contribution.

Parameters:

contribution - the contribution to use.

Returns:

the unified id.

filterItem

public static final boolean filterItem(Object object)

Answers whether the provided object should be filtered from the UI based on activity state. Returns false except when the object is an instance of IPluginContribution whos unified id matches an IIdentifier that is currently disabled.

Parameters:

object - the object to test.

Returns:

whether the object should be filtered.

See Also:

createUnifiedId(IPluginContribution)

isFiltering

public static final boolean isFiltering()

Returns:

whether the UI is set up to filter contributions (has defined activity categories).