System Summary Sections

org.eclipse.ui.systemSummarySections

3.0

The Eclipse UI provides an AboutDialog that can be branded and reused by client product plugins. This dialog includes a SystemSummary dialog that contains configuration details. By extending the org.eclipse.ui.systemSummarySections extension point clients are able to put their own information into the log.

<!ELEMENT extension (section+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT section EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST section

id           CDATA #IMPLIED

sectionTitle CDATA #REQUIRED

class        CDATA #REQUIRED>


Following is an example of a systemSummarySections extension:

<extension point=

"org.eclipse.ui.systemSummarySections"

>

<section id=

"RCPBrowser.CookieDetails"

sectionTitle=

"Browser Cookies"

class=

"org.eclipse.ui.examples.rcp.browser.CookieConfigDetails"

/>

</extension>

The class specified in the section element must be a concrete subclass of org.eclipse.ui.about.ISystemSummarySection.

The Workbench uses this extension point to provide the following sections in the system summary dialog: