Perspective (extension point)

Identifier

biouml.workbench.perspective

Plugin

biouml.workbench

Since

0.9.3

Registry

PerspectiveRegistry

Description

This extension point allows you to add your own perspective.

Configuration markup

<!ELEMENT perspective (repository,viewparts)>
  <!ATTLIST perspective
    name       CDATA     #REQUIRED
    priority   CDATA     #REQUIRED
    intro      CDATA     #IMPLIED
  />

name

name of the perspective (how it will be displayed to the user).

priority

number which controls the position of the perspective in the perspectives selection box. Perspectives with higher priorities are displayed on top. The highest priority perspective is the default one.

intro

if specified, points to the name of alternative start page html file for BioUML web edition. For example, if you specify intro="intro-my-perspective", you should put file named intro-my-perspective.html to the webfiles directory. This option is ignored in BioUML workbench.

<!ELEMENT repository (tab)*>
<!ELEMENT tab>
  <!ATTLIST tab
    title      CDATA     #REQUIRED
    path       CDATA     #REQUIRED
    helpId     CDATA     #IMPLIED
    databases  CDATA     #IMPLIED
  />

title

title of the repository pane tab.

path

path to the root collection displayed in this tab.

helpId

ID of help topic associated with given tab in BioUML workbench. Ignored in BioUML web edition.

databases

if defined and set to "true", instructs the BioUML workbench that current tab is "Databases" tab, which may be treated specially (e.g. search bar is displayed). Ignored in BioUML web edition.

<!ELEMENT viewparts (allow|deny)*>
<!ELEMENT allow>
  <!ATTLIST allow
    id         CDATA     #REQUIRED
  />
<!ELEMENT deny>
  <!ATTLIST deny
    id         CDATA     #REQUIRED
  />

These options define which viewparts will be allowed in given perspective. Each viewpart has an internal ID. You may allow or deny specific viewparts or sets of viewparts using wildcards in id attribute.

Example

 <extension id="Proteome perspective" point="biouml.workbench.perspective">
   <perspective name="Proteome" priority="20" intro="intro-proteome">
     <repository>
       <tab title="Proteome" path="Proteome"/>
     </repository>
     <viewparts>
       <deny id="*"/>
       <allow id="table.*"/>
       <allow id="common.log"/>
       <allow id="common.description"/>
     </viewparts>
   </perspective>
 </extension>

This extension defines the perspective called "Proteome" with priority "20" and custom intro page "intro-proteome.html". Repository pane will consist of only one tab with the name "Proteome" displayed root collection named "Proteome". All viewparts are disabled except "common.log", "common.description" and all table-related viewparts.

Notes

• No Java code is necessary for this extension.
• You may consider also defining virtual collections to alter the content of repository pane.