how do I use progress monitor in eclipse plugin code?

Question

In my eclipse plugin, I created an utility class that does some work when I create my files, with my wizard.

I´d like to show to user some text, warning him about what´s happening, in the progress bar.

How could I do this? Thanks a lot.

UPDATE: my wizard calls my utility class, that unzips 2 ZIP files and import 2 projects into workspace. So, I´d like to show a message after each operation, like:

Unzipping file1... Unzipping file2... Importing project1... Importing project2...

Answer 1

In your Wizard class enable the progress monitor by calling

setNeedsProgressMonitor(true);

in the constructor.

You can then run your IRunnableWithProgress class with:

IRunnableWithProgress runnable = new MyRunnable();

getContainer().run(true, true, runnable);

This can be in the Wizard or in a WizardPage.

The IRunnableWithProgress class might look like:

private class MyRunnable implements IRunnableWithProgress
{
  @Override
  public void run(final IProgressMonitor monitor)
    throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException
  {
    monitor.beginTask("title", progress count);

    try
     {
       ... your work
     }
    finally
     {
       monitor.done();
     }
  }
}