Reference Provider

org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor.quickdiffReferenceProvider

3.0

Allows contributors to add reference providers for the quick diff display.

<!ELEMENT extension (referenceprovider+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT referenceprovider EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST referenceprovider

class   CDATA #REQUIRED

label   CDATA #IMPLIED

id      CDATA #REQUIRED

default (true | false) >

The definition of a reference provider for the quick diff display.



The following is an example of a reference provider definition. It contributes a provider that uses the version of a document saved on disk as a reference.

 

<extension point=

"quickdiff.referenceprovider"

>

<referenceprovider id=

"default"

name=

"%LastSavedProvider.name"

label=

"%quickdiff.referenceprovider.label"

class=

"org.eclipse.ui.internal.editors.quickdiff.providers.LastSaveReferenceProvider"

>

</referenceprovider>

</extension>

There is no additional API for managing reference providers.

The org.eclipse.ui.editors plugin contributes LastSaveReferenceProvider. See its implementation as an example.


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