org.eclipse.photran.ui.vpg/src/org/eclipse/photran/internal/ui/vpg/Activator.java

package org.eclipse.photran.internal.ui.vpg;

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
 */
public class Activator extends AbstractUIPlugin {

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

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

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

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#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);
    }
}