Hi,
yes that would be a perfect candidate for an extension-point.
To add this as a new extension-point, you need to declare this
extension-point in the plugin.xml of the core plugin:
<extension-point id="PushToApplication">
<parameter-def type="string" id="pushToApp"
custom-data="<classname of the interface that plugin
providers need to
implement>" />
<!-- optionally other parameters (we currently do not use any
of these
for anything)
<parameter-def type="string" id="name" />
<parameter-def type="string" id="description"
multiplicity="none-or-one" />
-->
</extension-point>
Then you need to re-run the plugin code generator "ant generate", which
will re-create the helper class in "net.sf.jabref.plugin.core.generated"
so that it includes a method
getPushToApplicationExtensions() which returns a list of all PushToTalk
extensions registered with the system.
This list then can be used like this (here an example what we do with the
entry fetcher extensions):
/*
* Load fetchers that are plug-in extensions
*/
JabRefPlugin jabrefPlugin =
JabRefPlugin.getInstance(PluginCore.getManager());
if (jabrefPlugin != null){
for (EntryFetcherExtension ext :
jabrefPlugin.getEntryFetcherExtensions()){
EntryFetcher fetcher = ext.getEntryFetcher();
if (fetcher != null){
fetchers.add(fetcher);
}
}
}
// and later...
for (EntryFetcher fetcher : fetchers){
GeneralFetcher generalFetcher = new GeneralFetcher(sidePaneManager,
this, fetcher);
web.add(generalFetcher.getAction());
fetcherActions.add(generalFetcher.getAction());
}
Hope this helps,
Christopher
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:33:45 +0100, Morten Omholt Alver
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it's occured to me that the net.sf.jabref.external.PushToApplication
> interface would be a good candidate for a plugin extension point. This
> interface defines the operation of sending a citation to an external
> application, and we already have implementations for Gnuserv/Emacs,
> Vim, WinEdt, Lyx/Kile and LatexEditor. It's probably fairly simple to
> develop implementations for other apps as well, so this could be a
> very useful way to use the plugin framework.
>
> I'm not sure if the interface needs any modifications - probably the
> pushEntries() method should have additional references to the
> BibtexDatabase and MetaData to ensure that all necessary information
> is available.
>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.
Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop.
Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser.
Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/
_______________________________________________
Jabref-devel mailing list
Jabref-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-devel
