Persistence Providers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.rse.core.persistenceProviders

Description:
This extension point is used to allow the delegation of profile persistence to vendors where needed.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (persistenceProvider*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT persistenceProvider (property)*>

<!ATTLIST persistenceProvider

id        CDATA #REQUIRED

name      CDATA #REQUIRED

class     CDATA #REQUIRED

autostart (true | false) "false">

The persistenceProvider element defines a class that implements the IRSEPersistenceProvider interface. It is used to persist the RSE object model to a form of external storage.



<!ELEMENT property EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST property

name  CDATA #REQUIRED

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

The property element is contained within the persistenceProvider element. Use these to provide properties that can tailor the behavior of a persistence provider. Each provider must document the properties that it expects.



Examples:
The following is an example of this extension point's usage:


   <extension point="org.eclipse.rse.core.persistenceProviders">
      <persistenceProvider
         id="org.eclipse.rse.persistence.DefaultRSEpersistenceProvider"
         name="Default persistence Provider"
         class="org.eclipse.rse.persistence.DefaultRSEpersistenceProvider"
         autostart="true">
      </persistenceProvider>
   </extension>

Supplied Implementation:
The Remote System Explorer in org.eclipse.rse.core provides a default implementation of this extension point.


Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 IBM Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html Contributors: IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation David Dykstal (IBM) - added autostart attribute