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Launch Shortcuts

###### Identifier:

org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchShortcuts

###### Description:

This extension point provides support for selection sensitive launching. Extensions register a shortcut which appears in the run and/or debug cascade menus to launch the workbench selection or active editor.

###### Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (shortcut*)>

<!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 shortcut (perspective* , contextualLaunch? , enablement?)>

<!ATTLIST shortcut

id CDATA #REQUIRED

modes CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

label CDATA #REQUIRED

icon CDATA #IMPLIED

category CDATA #IMPLIED

helpContextId CDATA #IMPLIED

path CDATA #IMPLIED>

- id - specifies a unique identifier for this launch shortcut.
- modes - specifies a comma-separated list of modes this shortcut supports.
- class - specifies the fully qualified name of a class which implements `org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchShortcut`.
- label - specifies a label used to render this shortcut.
- icon - specifies a plugin-relative path to an image used to render this shortcut. Icon is optional because it is up to other plugins (i.e. Views) to render it.
- category - specifies the launch configuration type category this shortcut is applicable for. When unspecified, the category is null (default).
- helpContextId - an optional identifier that specifies the help context to associate with this launch shortcut
- path - an optional menu path used to group launch shortcuts in menus. Launch shortcuts are grouped alphabetically based on the `path` attribute, and then sorted alphabetically within groups based on the `label` attribute. When unspecified, a shortcut appears in the last group. This attribute was added in the 3.0.1 release.

<!ELEMENT perspective EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST perspective

id CDATA #REQUIRED>

- id - the unique identifier of a perspective in which a menu shortcut for this launch shortcut will appear.

<!ELEMENT contextualLaunch (contextLabel* , enablement?)>

Holds all descriptions for adding shortcuts to the Run context menu (pop-up).

<!ELEMENT contextLabel EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contextLabel

mode (run|debug|profile)

label CDATA #REQUIRED>

Specify the label for a contextual launch mode.

- mode - specifies a mode from the set {"run","debug","profile"}
- label - specifies the label to appear in the contextual launch menu.

<!ELEMENT enablement (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

A generic root element. The element can be used inside an extension point to define its enablement expression. The children of an enablement expression are combined using the and operator.

<!ELEMENT not (not | and | or | instanceof | test | systemTest | equals | count | with | resolve | adapt | iterate)>

This element represent a NOT operation on the result of evaluating it's sub-element expression.

<!ELEMENT and (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

This element represent an AND operation on the result of evaluating all it's sub-elements expressions.

<!ELEMENT or (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

This element represent an OR operation on the result of evaluating all it's sub-element expressions.

<!ELEMENT instanceof EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST instanceof

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element is used to perform an instanceof check of the object in focus. The expression returns EvaluationResult.TRUE if the object's type is a sub type of the type specified by the attribute value. Otherwise EvaluationResult.FALSE is returned.

- value - a fully qualified name of a class or interface.

<!ELEMENT test EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST test

property CDATA #REQUIRED

args CDATA #IMPLIED

value CDATA #IMPLIED>

This element is used to evaluate the property state of the object in focus. The set of testable properties can be extended using the propery tester extension point. The test expression returns EvaluationResult.NOT_LOADED if teh property tester doing the actual testing isn't loaded yet.

- property - the name of an object's property to test.
- args - additional arguments passed to the property tester. Multiple arguments are seperated by commas. Each individual argument is converted into a Java base type using the same rules as defined for the value attribute of the test expression.
- value - the expected value of the property. Can be omitted if the property is a boolean property. The test expression is supposed to return EvaluationResult.TRUE if the property matches the value and EvaluationResult.FALSE otherwise. The value attribute is converted into a Java base type using the following rules:
  - the string "true" is converted into Boolean.TRUE
  - the string "false" is converted into Boolean.FALSE
  - if the string contains a dot then the interpreter tries to convert the value into a Float object. If this fails the string is treated as a java.lang.String
  - if the string only consists of numbers then the interpreter converts the value in an Integer object.
  - in all other cases the string is treated as a java.lang.String
  - the conversion of the string into a Boolean, Float, or Integer can be suppressed by surrounding the string with single quotes. For example, the attribute value="'true'" is converted into the string "true"

<!ELEMENT systemTest EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST systemTest

property CDATA #REQUIRED

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

Tests a system property by calling the System.getProperty method and compares the result with the value specified through the value attribute.

- property - the name of an system property to test.
- value - the expected value of the property. The value is interpreted as a string value.

<!ELEMENT equals EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST equals

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element is used to perform an equals check of the object in focus. The expression returns EvaluationResult.TRUE if the object is equal to the value provided by the attribute value. Otherwise EvaluationResult.FALSE is returned.

- value - the operatand of the equals tests. The value provided as a string is converted into a Java base type using the same rules as for the value attribute of the test expression.

<!ELEMENT count EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST count

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element is used to test the number of elements in a collection.

- value - an expression to specify the number of elements in a list. Following wildcard characters can be used:
  *
    any number of elements
  ?
    no elements or one element
  +
    one or more elements
  !
    no elements
  integer value
    the list must contain the exact number of elements

<!ELEMENT with (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

<!ATTLIST with

variable CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element changes the object to be inspected for all its child element to the object referneced by the given variable. If the variable can not be resolved then the expression will throw a ExpressionException when evaluating it. The children of a with expression are combined using the and operator.

- variable - the name of the variable to be used for further inspection. It is up to the evaluator of an extension point to provide the variable in the variable pool.

<!ELEMENT resolve (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

<!ATTLIST resolve

variable CDATA #REQUIRED

args CDATA #IMPLIED>

This element changes the object to be inspected for all its child element to the object referneced by the given variable. If the variable can not be resolved then the expression will throw a ExpressionException when evaluating it. The children of a with expression are combined using the and operator.

- variable - the name of the variable to be resolved. This variable is then used as the object in focus for child element evaluation. It is up to the evaluator of an extension point to provide a corresponding variable resolver (see IVariableResolver) through the evaluation context passed to the root expression element when evaluating the expression.
- args - additional arguments passed to the variable resolver. Multiple arguments are seperated by commas. Each individual argument is converted into a Java base type using the same rules as defined for the value attribute of the test expression.

<!ELEMENT adapt (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

<!ATTLIST adapt

type CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element is used to adapt the object in focus to the type specified by the attribute type. The expression returns not loaded if either the adapter or the type referenced isn't loaded yet. It throws a ExpressionException during evaluation if the type name doesn't exist at all. The children of an adapt expression are combined using the and operator.

- type - the type to which the object in focus is to be adapted.

<!ELEMENT iterate (not , and , or , instanceof , test , systemTest , equals , count , with , resolve , adapt , iterate)*>

<!ATTLIST iterate

operator (or|and) >

This element is used to iterate over a variable that is of type java.util.Collection. If the object in focus is not of type java.util.Collection then an ExpressionException will be thrown while evaluating the expression.

- operator - either "and" or "or". The operator defines how the child elements will be combined. If not specified, "and" will be used.

###### Examples:

The following is an example of a launch shortcut extension point:

     <extension point="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchShortcuts">
      <shortcut
         id="com.example.ExampleLaunchShortcutId"
         modes="run,debug"
         class="com.example.ExampleLaunchShortcutImpl"
         label="Example Launch Shortcut"
         icon="icons/examples.gif">
         <perspective id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.JavaPerspective"/>
         <perspective id="org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugPerspective"/>
      </shortcut>
     </extension>

In the above example, a launch shortcut will be shown in the run and debug cascade menus with the label "Example Launch Shortcut", in the JavaPerspective and the DebugPerspective.

###### API Information:

Value of the attribute class must be a fully qualified name of a Java class that implements the interface org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchShortcut.

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