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Eclipse E4 - IEclipseContext usability

Hello I'm using (in the Core Expressions) an IEclipseContext object in order to store a String thru its .set method.

IEclipseContext mycontext;
mycontext.set("mystring","com.test.test2");

By the way its scope is limited to the class/part where it's declared. Is there any alternative Eclipse API that could be shared among classes and accepted by Core Expressions as well?

Thanks

Solution

  • There are multiple contexts arranged in a tree structure, one leaf of the tree will be the context for the current part, the top of the tree is the application context.

    When objects are looked up the tree is searched from the current leaf up to the top of the tree.

    So if you place your object in the application level context it can be found anywhere.

    The simplest way to get the application context is:

    @Inject
MApplication application;

...

IEclipseContext appContext = application.getContext();