Storage Mergers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.team.core.storageMergers

Since:
3.2

Description:
This extension point allows a plug-in to register a storage merger for specific content types. The storage merger is expected to perform a three-way merge on three input storage and write the result to an output stream. The extension point must implement the interface org.eclipse.team.core.mapping.IStorageMerger.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (storageMerger* , contentTypeBinding*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT storageMerger EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST storageMerger

id         CDATA #REQUIRED

class      CDATA #REQUIRED

extensions CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT contentTypeBinding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST contentTypeBinding

contentTypeId   IDREF #REQUIRED

storageMergerId IDREF #REQUIRED>


Examples:
The following is an example of a storage merger for property files (extension "properties"):


<extension point = "org.eclipse.team.core.storageMergers"> 
     <storageMerger 
         id="org.eclipse.team.internal.core.merge.PropertiesStorageMerger" 
         class="org.eclipse.team.internal.core.merge.PropertiesStorageMerger" 
         extensions="properties" 
    /> 
</extension> 

API Information:
The contributed class must implement org.eclipse.team.core.mapping.IStorageMerger

Supplied Implementation:
The Team UI plugin defines a storage merger for line oriented text files.


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