eclipse cdt plugin: How to programmability apply c code formatter

Question

I'm writing a plugin for eclipse(Kepler) CDT on windows 8.1. My plugin extends eclipse and enables the user to create a project with a specific configurations. I want all my plugin projects to be with the same c code format. So in my plugin code, when creating the project files and configuration, I added the following code in order to add the wanted format:

ProjectScope scope = new ProjectScope(project);
IEclipsePreferences ref = scope.getNode("org.eclipse.cdt.core");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.lineSplit", "100");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_parameters_in_method_declaration", "18");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_block", "next_line");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_method_declaration", "next_line");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.tabulation.char", "space");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_method_invocation", "18");
ref.put("org.eclipse.cdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_constructor_initializer_list", "16");
ref.flush();

This code really does its job and configures the format as I want, but the generated format exists only in the project properties, and not being applied yet. If I want to apply the format and cause the files to show with this format, I have to click on apply button, or to press CTRL+SHIFT+F.

Do you know about any way to apply the format programmability, though each project will be generated with its auto-generated files that are formatted already?

Answer 1

I found the solution to my problem. thanks @Bananewizen for helping! I found that the command id behind the ctrl+shift+f is: ICEditorActionDefinitionIds.FORMAT and I succeeded to run the command programmability, but I had to handle the file loading in order to format its code. so I implemented IPartListener, and in partOpened function, I wrote:

@Override
public void partOpened(IWorkbenchPart part) {
    try {
        IFile file = (IFile) part.getSite().getPage().getActiveEditor().getEditorInput().getAdapter(IFile.class);
            final String cmdName = ICEditorActionDefinitionIds.FORMAT;
            IHandlerService handlerService = (IHandlerService) PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getService(IHandlerService.class);
            try {
                handlerService.executeCommand(cmdName, null);
            } catch (Exception e) {}
    } catch (Exception e) {}
}

Now the handle is found and it works well!