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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.legacy;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences.exchange.ILegacyPreferences;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin;
/**
* Provides initialization of the legacy preferences as described in
* the Plugin class.
*/
public class InitLegacyPreferences implements ILegacyPreferences {
/**
* The method tries to initialize the preferences using the legacy Plugin method.
*
* @param object - plugin to initialize
* @param name - ID of the plugin to be initialized
*
* @see Plugin#initializeDefaultPluginPreferences
*
* @since org.eclipse.core.runtime 3.2
*
* @deprecated Marked deprecated to supress warnings. This class is added to support
* backward compatibility only and should not be used in any new code.
*/
public Object init(Object object, String name) {
Plugin plugin = null;
if (object instanceof Plugin)
plugin = (Plugin) object;
// No extension exists. Get the plug-in object and call #initializeDefaultPluginPreferences().
// We can only call this if the runtime compatibility layer is installed.
if (plugin == null && InternalPlatform.getDefault().getBundle(org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.CompatibilityHelper.PI_RUNTIME_COMPATIBILITY) != null)
plugin = Platform.getPlugin(name);
if (plugin == null) {
if (InternalPlatform.DEBUG_PLUGIN_PREFERENCES)
InternalPlatform.message("No plug-in object available to set plug-in default preference overrides for:" + name); //$NON-NLS-1$
return null;
}
if (InternalPlatform.DEBUG_PLUGIN_PREFERENCES)
InternalPlatform.message("Applying plug-in default preference overrides for plug-in: " + plugin.getDescriptor().getUniqueIdentifier()); //$NON-NLS-1$
plugin.internalInitializeDefaultPluginPreferences();
return plugin;
}
}