THe setting is "Eclipse-AutoStart: true". It allows, but doesn't guarantee
that, the framework will load a plugin before a dependent class is required.
Euan
An option between #1 and #2 is you can create a plugin and in the
Manifest.MF there is an option that will make the plugin be loaded on
startup. The startup of that method can do the authentication. This way
you don't need to change anything in uDig at all. I can't remember the
exact option that you need but you should be able to look it up in the
eclipse online help.
Jesse
euan crawford wrote:
I need to authenticate users of my uDig plugin (restricts access to a MySQL
backend and selectively disables tools/menu items according to a user's
role). The hooks for displaying a login form are ..
#1 at uDig startup: clean for the user but requires catching
UDigApplication.run() and showing the login before createAndRunWorkbench())
is called. However I don't want to make changes to the uDig platform. Is it
possible to create a new RCP application that extends uDig - it would one
contain one class that overrides and calls UDigApplication.run() after the
login.
#2 during plugin initialization: ideal but can't be done with lazy loading
of plugins. Classes within a plugin are only loaded when the UI component
(tool/menu etc) is invoked?
#3 on demand (user presses a login tool): not ideal as it requires an extra
mouse click and the menus/tools to be disabled at startup.
Any suggestions/comments?
Euan
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