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| * Copyright (c) 2003, 2015 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.help; |
| |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform; |
| import org.eclipse.help.internal.HelpPlugin; |
| import org.eclipse.help.internal.HelpPlugin.IHelpProvider; |
| |
| /** |
| * This class provides general access to help content contributed to the |
| * <code>"org.eclipse.help.toc"</code> and |
| * <code>"org.eclipse.help.contexts"</code> extension points. |
| * <p> |
| * This class provides static methods only; it is not intended to be |
| * instantiated or subclassed. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public final class HelpSystem { |
| |
| private static boolean fShared; |
| |
| /** |
| * This class is not intended to be instantiated. |
| */ |
| private HelpSystem() { |
| // do nothing |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes and returns context information for the given context id |
| * for the platform's current locale. |
| * |
| * @param contextId the context id, e.g. "org.my.plugin.my_id" |
| * @return the context, or <code>null</code> if none |
| */ |
| public static IContext getContext(String contextId) { |
| return HelpPlugin.getContextManager().getContext(contextId, Platform.getNL()); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes and returns context information for the given context id |
| * and locale. |
| * |
| * @param contextId the context id, e.g. "org.my.plugin.my_id" |
| * @param locale the locale being requested, e.g. "en_US" |
| * @return the context, or <code>null</code> if none |
| */ |
| public static IContext getContext(String contextId, String locale) { |
| return HelpPlugin.getContextManager().getContext(contextId, locale); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the list of all integrated tables of contents available. Each |
| * entry corresponds of a different help "book". |
| * |
| * @return an array of TOC's |
| */ |
| public static IToc[] getTocs() { |
| return HelpPlugin.getTocManager().getTocs(Platform.getNL()); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the keyword index available in the help system. |
| * |
| * @return the keyword index |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| public static IIndex getIndex() { |
| return HelpPlugin.getIndexManager().getIndex(Platform.getNL()); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an open input stream on the contents of the specified help |
| * resource in the platform's current locale. The client is responsible for |
| * closing the stream when finished. |
| * |
| * @param href |
| * the URL (as a string) of the help resource |
| * <p> |
| * Valid href are as described in |
| * {@link org.eclipse.help.IHelpResource#getHref IHelpResource.getHref} |
| * </p> |
| * @return an input stream containing the contents of the help resource, or |
| * <code>null</code> if the help resource could not be found and |
| * opened |
| */ |
| public static InputStream getHelpContent(String href) { |
| return getHelpContent(href, Platform.getNL()); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an open input stream on the contents of the specified help |
| * resource for the speficied locale. The client is responsible for closing |
| * the stream when finished. |
| * |
| * @param href |
| * the URL (as a string) of the help resource |
| * <p> |
| * Valid href are as described in |
| * {@link org.eclipse.help.IHelpResource#getHref IHelpResource.getHref} |
| * </p> |
| * @param locale the locale code, e.g. en_US |
| * @return an input stream containing the contents of the help resource, or |
| * <code>null</code> if the help resource could not be found and |
| * opened |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public static InputStream getHelpContent(String href, String locale) { |
| IHelpProvider provider = HelpPlugin.getDefault().getHelpProvider(); |
| if (provider != null) { |
| return provider.getHelpContent(href, locale); |
| } |
| return null; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns whether or not the help system, in its current mode of operation, |
| * can be shared by multiple (potentially remote) users. This is a hint to |
| * the help system implementation that it should not perform operations that |
| * are specific to the help system's local environment. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * For example, when <code>true</code>, the default dynamic content producer |
| * implementation will not perform any filtering based on local system |
| * properties such as operating system or activities. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * If you are providing your own help implementation that is shared, you |
| * must notify the platform on startup by calling <code>setShared(true)</code>. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @return whether or not the help system can be shared by multiple users |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| public static boolean isShared() { |
| return fShared; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets whether or not the help system, in its current mode of operation, |
| * can be shared by multiple (potentially remote) users. This is a hint to |
| * the help system implementation that it should not perform operations that |
| * are specific to the help system's local environment. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * By default the help system is flagged as not shared. If you are providing |
| * your own help implementation that is shared, you must call this on startup |
| * with the parameter <code>true</code>. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param shared whether or not the help system can be shared by multiple users |
| */ |
| public static void setShared(boolean shared) { |
| fShared = shared; |
| } |
| } |