Difference between revisions of "Diagram view part (extension point)"

Revision as of 15:50, 13 May 2013

Identifier

biouml.workbench.diagramViewPart

Plugin

biouml.workbench

Description

BioUML workbench provides special pane where viewers for some diagram data will be shown. Any plug-in can contribute specific viewers to show some diagram data. Typical example of viewer is Clipboard showing the copied element of diagram.

Configuration Markup

   <!ELEMENT diagramViewPart>
   <!ATTLIST diagramViewPart
     class             CDATA   #REQUIRED
     Name              CDATA 
     ShortDescription  CDATA 
     Priority          CDATA
   >

class

the fully-qualified name of a class which implements EditorPart.

Name

tab display name

ShortDescription

editor part short description, can be used as tooltip

Priority

tab priority, tabs will be sorted according they priority.

diagramViewPart attributes are mapped to corresponding Action properties using the associated key, so other Action or user defined attributes can be used. See Action.getValue(String key) for details.

Examples

Following is an example of a Clipboard definition:

<extension id="Clipboard" point="biouml.workbench.diagramViewPart"> 
     <diagramViewPart 
       class="biouml.workbench.diagram.ClipboardView" 
       Name="Clipboard"
       ShortDescription="Diagram clipboard is used to copy and paste diagram elements from one diagram to another."
       Priority = "2.5"
     /> 
</extension>

API Information

The value of the class attribute must represent an implementor of ViewPart.