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How does Eclipse generate the Plugin Specified Entries in the XML catalog?

I would like my Eclipse plug-in to specify a XSD file to Eclipse so it can be added to the catalog.

Solution

  • The org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.catalogContributions extension point lets you add to the catalog (this requires that you have the Web Tools (WST) component of Eclipse installed).

    For example the org.eclipse.wst.xsd.core plugin adds this:

    <extension
    point="org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.catalogContributions">
    <catalogContribution id="default">
        <uri
             name="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
             uri="platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.xsd/cache/www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd" />
        <system
             systemId="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd"
             uri="platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.xsd/cache/www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd"/>             
   </catalogContribution>
</extension>