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package org.eclipse.core.runtime;

/**
 * The plug-in registry holds the master list of all
 * discovered plug-ins, extension points, and extensions.
 * 

* The plug-in registry can be queried, by name, for * plug-ins, extension points, and extensions. *

* * @deprecated * The plug-in registry has been generalized in Eclipse 3.0. It is now the * {@link IExtensionRegistry}. Most of the IPluginRegistry function * is directly supported on the new interface without change. Most clients * of IPluginRegistry need only to change their references to use * IExtensionRegistry. The only exceptions are * methods that return IPluginDescriptors. See the relevant method * comments for details. *

* This interface must only be used by plug-ins * which explicitly require the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in. *

* * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. */ @Deprecated public interface IPluginRegistry { /** * Returns all configuration elements from all extensions configured * into the identified extension point. Returns an empty array if the extension * point does not exist, has no extensions configured, or none of the extensions * contain configuration elements. * * @param extensionPointId the unique identifier of the extension point * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources.builders") * @return the configuration elements * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getConfigurationElementsFor(String)}. */ @Deprecated public IConfigurationElement[] getConfigurationElementsFor(String extensionPointId); /** * Returns all configuration elements from all extensions configured * into the identified extension point. Returns an empty array if the extension * point does not exist, has no extensions configured, or none of the extensions * contain configuration elements. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources") * @param extensionPointName the simple identifier of the * extension point (e.g. "builders") * @return the configuration elements * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getConfigurationElementsFor(String, String)}. */ @Deprecated public IConfigurationElement[] getConfigurationElementsFor(String pluginId, String extensionPointName); /** * Returns all configuration elements from the identified extension. * Returns an empty array if the extension does not exist or * contains no configuration elements. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources") * @param extensionPointName the simple identifier of the * extension point (e.g. "builders") * @param extensionId the unique identifier of the extension * (e.g. "com.example.acme.coolbuilder) * @return the configuration elements * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getConfigurationElementsFor(String, String, String)}. */ @Deprecated public IConfigurationElement[] getConfigurationElementsFor(String pluginId, String extensionPointName, String extensionId); /** * Returns the specified extension in this plug-in registry, * or null if there is no such extension. * The first parameter identifies the extension point, and the second * parameter identifies an extension plugged in to that extension point. * * @param extensionPointId the unique identifier of the extension point * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources.builders") * @param extensionId the unique identifier of the extension * (e.g. "com.example.acme.coolbuilder") * @return the extension, or null * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getExtension(String, String)}. */ @Deprecated public IExtension getExtension(String extensionPointId, String extensionId); /** * Returns the specified extension in this plug-in registry, * or null if there is no such extension. * The first two parameters identify the extension point, and the third * parameter identifies an extension plugged in to that extension point. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources") * @param extensionPointName the simple identifier of the * extension point (e.g. "builders") * @param extensionId the unique identifier of the extension * (e.g. "com.example.acme.coolbuilder") * @return the extension, or null * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getExtension(String, String, String)}. */ @Deprecated public IExtension getExtension(String pluginId, String extensionPointName, String extensionId); /** * Returns the extension point with the given extension point identifier * in this plug-in registry, or null if there is no such * extension point. * * @param extensionPointId the unique identifier of the extension point * (e.g., "org.eclipse.core.resources.builders") * @return the extension point, or null * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getExtensionPoint(String)}. */ @Deprecated public IExtensionPoint getExtensionPoint(String extensionPointId); /** * Returns the extension point in this plug-in registry * with the given plug-in identifier and extension point simple identifier, * or null if there is no such extension point. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources") * @param extensionPointName the simple identifier of the * extension point (e.g. " builders") * @return the extension point, or null * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getExtensionPoint(String, String)}. */ @Deprecated public IExtensionPoint getExtensionPoint(String pluginId, String extensionPointName); /** * Returns all extension points known to this plug-in registry. * Returns an empty array if there are no extension points. * * @return the extension points known to this plug-in registry * @deprecated Replaced by {@link IExtensionRegistry#getExtensionPoints()}. */ @Deprecated public IExtensionPoint[] getExtensionPoints(); /** * Returns the plug-in descriptor with the given plug-in identifier * in this plug-in registry, or null if there is no such * plug-in. If there are multiple versions of the identified plug-in, * one will be non-deterministically chosen and returned. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "com.example.acme"). * @return the plug-in descriptor, or null * @deprecated * IPluginDescriptor was refactored in Eclipse 3.0. * The getPluginDescriptor() method may only be called by plug-ins * which explicitly require the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in. * See the comments on {@link IPluginDescriptor} and its methods for details. */ @Deprecated public IPluginDescriptor getPluginDescriptor(String pluginId); /** * Returns the plug-in descriptor with the given plug-in identifier * and version in this plug-in registry, or null if * there is no such plug-in. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources") * @param version plug-in version identifier. If null is specified, * a non-deterministically chosen version of the identified plug-in (if any) * will be returned * @return the plug-in descriptor, or null * @deprecated * IPluginDescriptor was refactored in Eclipse 3.0. * The getPluginDescriptor() method may only be called by plug-ins * which explicitly require the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in. * See the comments on {@link IPluginDescriptor} and its methods for details. */ @Deprecated public IPluginDescriptor getPluginDescriptor(String pluginId, PluginVersionIdentifier version); /** * Returns all plug-in descriptors known to this plug-in registry. * Returns an empty array if there are no installed plug-ins. * * @return the plug-in descriptors known to this plug-in registry * @deprecated * IPluginDescriptor was refactored in Eclipse 3.0. * The getPluginDescriptors() method may only be called by plug-ins * which explicitly require the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in. * See the comments on {@link IPluginDescriptor} and its methods for details. */ @Deprecated public IPluginDescriptor[] getPluginDescriptors(); /** * Returns all versions of the identified plug-in descriptor * known to this plug-in registry. * Returns an empty array if there are no plug-ins * with the specified identifier. * * @param pluginId the unique identifier of the plug-in * (e.g. "org.eclipse.core.resources"). * @return the plug-in descriptors known to this plug-in registry * @deprecated * IPluginDescriptor was refactored in Eclipse 3.0. * The getPluginDescriptors() method may only be called by plug-ins * which explicitly require the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in. * See the comments on {@link IPluginDescriptor} and its methods for details. */ @Deprecated public IPluginDescriptor[] getPluginDescriptors(String pluginId); }




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