Archive Handlers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.rse.services.archivehandlers

Description:
This extension point is used to plug in additional archive handlers. Archive handlers are used to provide seamless integration of archives within the RSE. For example, an archive can be expanded to show its contents in RSE if an archive handler is registered for that archive type and handles showing the contents of archives.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (archivehandler*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>

(no description available)



<!ELEMENT archivehandler EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST archivehandler

id                CDATA #REQUIRED

name              CDATA #REQUIRED

class             CDATA #REQUIRED

fileNameExtension CDATA #REQUIRED

>

(no description available)



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


   <extension point="org.eclipse.rse.services.archivehandlers">
      <archivehandler
         id="org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.archiveutils.systemziphandler"
         name="Zip File Handler"
         class="org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.archiveutils.SystemZipHandler">
      </archivehandler>
   </extension>

API Information:
Plug-ins that want to extend this extension point must implement org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.archiveutils.ISystemArchiveHandler interface.

Supplied Implementation:
The Remote System Explorer, in the org.eclipse.rse.files.ui plugin, provides three default implementations of this extension point for ZIP, JAR, and TAR archives.


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