Debug Model Presentation

Identifier: org.eclipse.debug.ui.debugModelPresentations

Description: This extension point allows tools to handle the presentation aspects of a debug model. A debug model presentation is responsible for providing labels, images, and editors for elements in a specific debug model.

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT extension (debugModelPresentation*)>

   <!ATTLIST extension
     point CDATA #REQUIRED
     id    CDATA #IMPLIED
     name  CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
name - an optional name of the extension instance

   <!ELEMENT debugModelPresentation EMPTY>

   <!ATTLIST debugModelPresentation
     class                      CDATA #REQUIRED
     id                         CDATA #REQUIRED
     detailsViewerConfiguration CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

class - fully qualifed name of a Java class that implements the org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugModelPresentation interface.
id - the identifier of the debug model this presentation is responsible for
detailsViewerConfiguration - the fully qualified name of the Java class that is an instance of org.eclipse.jface.text.source.SourceViewerConfiguration. When specified, the source viewer configuration will be used in the "details" area of the variables and expressions view when displaying the details of an element from the debug model associated with this debug model presentation. When unspecified, a default configuration is used.

Examples: The following is an example of a debug model presentations extension point:

   <extension point = "org.eclipse.debug.ui.debugModelPresentations"> 
       <debugModelPresentation 
           class = "com.example.JavaModelPresentation"
           id = "com.example.JavaDebugModel">
       </debugModelPresentation> 
   </extension>

In the example above, the class com.example.JavaModelPresentation will be used to render and present debug elements originating from the debug model identified by com.example.JavaDebugModel.

API Information: Value of the action attribute class must be a fully qualified class name of a Java class that implements org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugModelPresentation.