plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.core/src-search/org/eclipse/wst/common/core/search/SearchPlugin.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - Initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.common.core.search;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin;
import org.eclipse.wst.common.core.search.internal.SearchParticipantRegistry;
import org.eclipse.wst.common.core.search.internal.SearchParticipantRegistryReader;
import org.eclipse.wst.common.core.search.pattern.SearchPattern;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The main plugin class to be used in the desktop.
 * <p>
 * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
 * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
 * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
 * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * </p>
 */
public class SearchPlugin extends Plugin
{

	private SearchParticipantRegistry searchParticipantRegistry;

	// The shared instance.
	private static SearchPlugin plugin;

	/**
	 * The constructor.
	 */
	public SearchPlugin()
	{
		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;
	}

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

	private SearchParticipantRegistry getSearchParticipantRegistry()
	{
		if (searchParticipantRegistry == null)
		{
			searchParticipantRegistry = new SearchParticipantRegistry();
			new SearchParticipantRegistryReader(searchParticipantRegistry)
					.readRegistry();
		}
		return searchParticipantRegistry;
	}


	public SearchParticipant getSearchParticipant(String id)
	{
		return getSearchParticipantRegistry().getSearchParticipant(id);
	}

	SearchParticipant[] loadSearchParticipants(SearchPattern pattern)
	{
		return getSearchParticipantRegistry().getParticipants(pattern);
	}

}