plugins/org.eclipse.epsilon.perspective/src/org/eclipse/epsilon/perspective/EpsilonPerspectivePlugin.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 The University of York.
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Dimitrios Kolovos - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.epsilon.perspective;

import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ResourceLocator;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The main plugin class to be used in the desktop.
 */
public class EpsilonPerspectivePlugin extends AbstractUIPlugin {

	//The shared instance.
	private static EpsilonPerspectivePlugin plugin;
	
	/**
	 * The constructor.
	 */
	public EpsilonPerspectivePlugin() {
		plugin = this;
	}

	/**
	 * This method is called upon plug-in activation
	 */
	@Override
	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);
	}

	/**
	 * This method is called when the plug-in is stopped
	 */
	@Override
	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.stop(context);
		plugin = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the shared instance.
	 */
	public static EpsilonPerspectivePlugin getDefault() {
		return plugin;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns an image descriptor for the image file at the given
	 * plug-in relative path.
	 *
	 * @param path the path
	 * @return the image descriptor
	 */
	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
		return ResourceLocator.imageDescriptorFromBundle("org.eclipse.epsilon.perspective", path).orElse(null);
	}
}