Archive Handlers

com.ibm.etools.systems.core.archivehandlers

5.1.2

This extension point is used to plug in additional Archive Handlers. These are used to provide seamless integration between Archive Handling and the RSE.

<!ELEMENT extension (archivehandler*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT archivehandler EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST archivehandler

id                CDATA #REQUIRED

name              CDATA #REQUIRED

class             CDATA #REQUIRED

fileNameExtension CDATA #REQUIRED>


The following is an example of this extension point's usage:

   

<extension point=

"com.ibm.etools.systems.core.archivehandlers"

>

<archivehandler id=

"com.ibm.etools.systems.core.archiveutils.ziphandler"

name=

"Zip File Handler"

class=

"com.ibm.etools.systems.core.archiveutils.SystemZipHandler"

>

</parser>

</extension>

Plug-ins that want to extend this extension point must implement com.ibm.etools.systems.core.archiveutils.ISystemArchiveHandler interface.

The Remote Systems Explorer in com.ibm.etools.systems.core provides three default implementations of this extension point, for ZIP, JAR, and TAR Archives.


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