package org.eclipse.stem.internal.data;

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle.
 * TODO this isn't needed it should be deleted.
 */
public class Activator extends Plugin {

	/**
	 * The plug-in ID
	 */
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "org.eclipse.stem.internal.data";

	// The shared instance
	private static Activator plugin;

	/**
	 * The constructor
	 */
	public Activator() {
		plugin = this;
	}

	/**
	 * @see Plugin#start(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
	 */
	@Override
	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);
	}

	/**
	 * @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;
	}

} // Activator