Merge Managers

Identifier:

com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.core.mergeManagers

Description:

This extension point allows a plug-in to register compare/merge merge managers for specific content types. com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.core.controller.AbstractMergeManager.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (mergeManager+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT mergeManager EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST mergeManager

id CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

contentTypeId CDATA #REQUIRED>

id - a unique identifier that can be used to reference this creator
class - name of a class that implements com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.core.controller.AbstractMergeManager
contentTypeId - the content type id e.g. "com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.library.libraryContentType"

Examples:

The following is an example of a compare/merge merge manager extension for the EMF content type:


   <extension
         point="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.core.mergeManagers">
      <mergeManager
            contentTypeId="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.emfContentType"
            class="com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.emf.controller.ModelMergeManager"
            id="emfMergeManager"/>
   </extension>

API Information:

The value of the class attribute must implement the interface com.ibm.xtools.comparemerge.core.controller.AbstractMergeManager.

Supplied Implementation:

The EMF model plugin provides merge manager for the EMF content type