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Convert from absolute path to IFile

I am working at an eclipse plugin where the projects which exist in the Project Explorer view have a different workspace name than the actual path of the project. So considering a project located at D:\test when I try to get the project location, it points to D:\test_plugin_specific_suffix.

Is there a way to get an IFile from an absolute path (which points to the local path, D:\test\testfile.txt)?

I want to create a hyperlink to a specific file for which I have the absolute path. When I click on console on the hyperlink it should open in the editor the file.

Solution

  • You can use IWorkspaceRoot.findFilesForLocationURI to find the IFile corresponding to a absolute path (there might be more than one if you are using links):

    File file = new File(....absolue path);
URI location = file.toURI();
IFile[] files = ResourcesPlugin
   .getWorkspace()
   .getRoot()
   .findFilesForLocationURI( location );