org.eclipse.rephraserengine.ui/src/org/eclipse/rephraserengine/internal/ui/Activator.java

package org.eclipse.rephraserengine.internal.ui;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class Activator extends AbstractUIPlugin {

	// The plug-in ID
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "org.eclipse.rephraserengine.ui"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	// The shared instance
	private static Activator plugin;
	
	/**
	 * The constructor
	 */
	public Activator() {
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugins#start(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
	 */
	@Override
    public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);
		plugin = this;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin#stop(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
	 */
	@Override
    public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		plugin = null;
		super.stop(context);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the shared instance
	 *
	 * @return the shared instance
	 */
	public static Activator getDefault() {
		return plugin;
	}
    
    public static void log(Throwable e) {
        log("Error", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    public static void log(String message, Throwable e) {
        log(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.ERROR, message, e));
    }

    public static void log(IStatus status) {
        getDefault().getLog().log(status);
    }
}