tools/pldt/org.eclipse.ptp.pldt.doc.user/src/org/eclipse/ptp/pldt/help/HelpPlugin.java

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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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package org.eclipse.ptp.pldt.help;

import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.*;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * The main plugin class to be used in the desktop.
 */
public class HelpPlugin extends AbstractUIPlugin
{
    /** The shared instance. */
    private static HelpPlugin plugin;
    /** Resource bundle */
    private ResourceBundle    resourceBundle;
    /** the plug-in ID */
    public static final String PLUGIN_ID="org.eclipse.ptp.pldt.help"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    /**
     * The constructor.
     */
    public HelpPlugin()
    {
        super();
        plugin = this;
    }

    /**
     * This method is called upon plug-in activation
     */
    public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception
    {
        super.start(context);
    }

    /**
     * This method is called when the plug-in is stopped
     */
    public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception
    {
        super.stop(context);
        plugin = null;
        resourceBundle = null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the shared instance.
     */
    public static HelpPlugin getDefault()
    {
        return plugin;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the string from the plugin's resource bundle, or 'key' if not found.
     */
    public static String getResourceString(String key)
    {
        ResourceBundle bundle = HelpPlugin.getDefault().getResourceBundle();
        try {
            return (bundle != null) ? bundle.getString(key) : key;
        } catch (MissingResourceException e) {
            return key;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the plugin's resource bundle,
     */
    public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle()
    {
        try {
            if (resourceBundle == null)
                resourceBundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("org.eclipse.ptp.pldt.help.HelpPluginResources"); //$NON-NLS-1$
        } catch (MissingResourceException x) {
            resourceBundle = null;
        }
        return resourceBundle;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an image descriptor for the image file at the given plug-in relative path.
     * 
     * @param path the path
     * @return the image descriptor
     */
    public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path)
    {
        return AbstractUIPlugin.imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
    }
}