Package org.eclipse.equinox.app

Interface IApplication

All Known Implementing Classes:
AntRunner
public interface IApplication
Bootstrap type for an application. An IApplication represent executable entry points into an application. An IApplication can be configured into the Platform's org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications extension-point.

Clients may implement this interface.

Since:
1.0

  • Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type
    Field
    Description
    static final Integer
    EXIT_OK
    Exit object indicating normal termination
    static final Integer
    EXIT_RELAUNCH
    Exit object requesting that the command passed back be executed.
    static final Integer
    EXIT_RESTART
    Exit object requesting platform restart

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Object
    start(IApplicationContext context)
    Starts this application with the given context and returns a result.
    void
    stop()
    Forces this running application to exit.

  • Field Details

    • EXIT_OK

      static final Integer EXIT_OK
      Exit object indicating normal termination

    • EXIT_RESTART

      static final Integer EXIT_RESTART
      Exit object requesting platform restart

    • EXIT_RELAUNCH

      static final Integer EXIT_RELAUNCH
      Exit object requesting that the command passed back be executed. Typically this is used to relaunch Eclipse with different command line arguments. When the executable is relaunched the command line will be retrieved from the eclipse.exitdata system property.

  • Method Details

    • start

      Object start(IApplicationContext context) throws Exception
      Starts this application with the given context and returns a result. The content of the context is unchecked and should conform to the expectations of the application being invoked. This method can return the value IApplicationContext.EXIT_ASYNC_RESULT if the application will deliver its results asynchronously with the IApplicationContext.setResult(Object, IApplication) method; otherwise this method must not exit until the application is finished and is ready to exit.

      Applications can return any object they like. If an Integer is returned it is treated as the program exit code if Eclipse is exiting.

      Note: This method is called by the platform; it is not intended to be called directly by clients.

      Parameters:
      context - the application context to pass to the application
      Returns:
      the return value of the application
      Throws:
      Exception - if there is a problem running this application.
      See Also:

    • stop

      void stop()
      Forces this running application to exit. This method should wait until the running application is ready to exit. The start(IApplicationContext) should already have exited or should exit very soon after this method exits

      This method is only called to force an application to exit. This method will not be called if an application exits normally from the start(IApplicationContext) method.

      Note: This method is called by the platform; it is not intended to be called directly by clients.