bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/markers/MarkerViewUtil.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.views.markers;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredSelection;

import org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout;
import org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
import org.eclipse.ui.views.markers.internal.MarkerView;

/**
 * Utility class for showing markers in the marker views.
 */
public class MarkerViewUtil {

/**
 * Returns the id of the view used to show markers of the
 * same type as the given marker.
 * 
 * @param marker the marker
 * @return the view id or <code>null</code> if no appropriate view could be determined
 * @throws CoreException if an exception occurs testing the type of the marker
 */
public static String getViewId(IMarker marker) throws CoreException {
	if (marker.isSubtypeOf(IMarker.TASK)) {
		return IPageLayout.ID_TASK_LIST;
	}
	else if (marker.isSubtypeOf(IMarker.PROBLEM)) {
		return IPageLayout.ID_PROBLEM_VIEW;
	}
	else if (marker.isSubtypeOf(IMarker.BOOKMARK)) {
		return IPageLayout.ID_BOOKMARKS;
	}
	return null;
}

/**
 * Shows the given marker in the appropriate view in the given page.
 * This must be called from the UI thread.
 * 
 * @param page the workbench page in which to show the marker
 * @param marker the marker to show
 * @param showView <code>true</code> if the view should be shown first
 *   <code>false</code> to only show the marker if the view is already showing 
 * @return <code>true</code> if the marker was successfully shown,
 *   <code>false</code> if not
 */
public static boolean showMarker(IWorkbenchPage page, IMarker marker, boolean showView) {
	try {
		String viewId = getViewId(marker);
		if (viewId != null) {
			IViewPart view = showView ? page.showView(viewId) : page.findView(viewId);
			if (view instanceof MarkerView) {
				StructuredSelection selection = new StructuredSelection(marker);
				MarkerView markerView = (MarkerView) view;
				markerView.setSelection(selection, true);
				return markerView.getSelection().equals(selection); 
			}
		}
	}
	catch (CoreException e) {
		// ignore
	}
	return false;
}
	
}