Text Control Providers

Identifier:

com.ibm.xtools.richtext.control.textControlProviders

Since:

8.0

Description:

This extension point is used to register providers that contribute to text control creation and handling within the application.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (TextControlProvider)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT TextControlProvider (Priority)>

<!ATTLIST TextControlProvider

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

class - Fully qualified string containing the provider class.

<!ELEMENT Priority EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST Priority

name (Lowest|Low|Medium|High|Highest) >

name - The name of the provider priority, i.e. Lowest, Low, Medium, High, or Highest.

Examples:

The following is an example of a provider extension:


<extension
         id="textControlProviders_plainText"
         name="Plain Text Control Provider"
         point="com.ibm.xtools.richtext.control.textControlProviders">
         <TextControlProvider class="com.ibm.xtools.uml.ui.diagram.internal.providers.PlainTextControlProvider">
             <Priority name="Lowest"/>
         </TextControlProvider>
    </extension>

API Information:

The value of the text control provider class attribute must be a fully qualified name of a Java class that implements com.ibm.xtools.richtext.control.services.ITextControlProvider.

The order of contribution is given as follows:

the priority of the provider (Lowest first)
the order of the definition within the XML file