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10.4.14 EditorService

The EditorService provides a means by which to open editors using the pri-
ority and execution strategy facilities of the Service layer. It's a simple API, as
seen in Figure 10-38, that has no implementation example in the runtime or gen-
erated diagram code.

Figure 10-38 EditorService

EditorProvider Extension-Point
Identifier: org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.services.
editorProviders
Description: This extension-point facilitates the configuration of providers
for the EditorService ( org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.serv-
ices.editor.EditorService ). Using this extension-point, providers are reg-
istered to manipulate editors, such as handling how to open an editor on a given
input.

Configuration markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (EditorProvider)>

<!ELEMENT EditorProvider (Priority , Policy?)>
<!ATTLIST EditorProvider
class CDATA #REQUIRED>