org.eclipse.help.base/src/org/eclipse/help/internal/base/HelpEvaluationContext.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.help.internal.base;

import org.eclipse.core.expressions.EvaluationContext;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;

/*
 * Supplies en evaluation context for filtering help documents. This is used for
 * resolving variables in enablement expressions.
 */
public final class HelpEvaluationContext {

	private static final String VARIABLE_PLATFORM = "platform"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	private static EvaluationContext context;
	
	/*
	 * Returns the evaluation context to use in help documents.
	 */
	public static EvaluationContext getContext() {
		if (context == null) {
			context = new EvaluationContext(null, Platform.class) {
				public Object getVariable(String name) {
					if (VARIABLE_PLATFORM.equals(name)) {
						return Platform.class;
					}
					return null;
				}
			};
		}
		return context;
	}

	/*
	 * Sets the evaluation context to use in help documents. If help is running in
	 * workbench mode, the UI plug-in will contribute a context that also handles
	 * UI-related variables.
	 */
	public static void setContext(EvaluationContext context) {
		HelpEvaluationContext.context = context;
	}

	/*
	 * Not meant to be instantiated.
	 */
	private HelpEvaluationContext() {
	}
}