Element action (extension point)

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Identifier
ru.biosoft.access.elementAction
Plugin
ru.biosoft.access
Since
0.9.4
Registry
PluginActions
Applicable for
BioUML workbench

Description

The elementAction extension is the modern alternative to repositoryActionsProvider extension point. It allows to register context menu action for repository elements in BioUML workbench. Registered actions are displayed on repository pane toolbar and available by right-click in repository pane.

Configuration markup

<!ELEMENT action (property*)>
<!ATTLIST action
     name        CDATA #REQUIRED
     class       CDATA #REQUIRED
     priority    CDATA #REQUIRED
>
name
internal action name.
class
fully-qualified name of action class (must subclass AbstractElementAction).
priority
action priority (number). Actions with bigger priority numbers are displayed higher in the repository pane context menu. If action priority exceeds 40, it can be performed as default action when user double-clicks on the element (provided that no other actions with higher priorities are available for given element). If the maximal priority value for given element less or equals to 40, then no default action will be performed by double-click.
<!ELEMENT property>
<!ATTLIST property
     name        CDATA #REQUIRED
     value       CDATA #REQUIRED
>
name
name of action property.
value
value of action property.

The following properties are defined:

Name
user-visible name of the action.
ShortDescription
user-visible short description of the action.
LongDescription
user-visible long description of the action.
MnemonicKey
hotkey name to perform the action (see the constants defined in KeyEvent class).
SmallIcon
path to 16x16 icon file
ActionCommandKey
internal action identifier

Other properties are ignored.

Example

 <extension point="ru.biosoft.access.elementAction"> 
    <action name="Repeat analysis" class="ru.biosoft.analysis.gui.RepeatAnalysisAction" priority="20">
       <property name="Name" value="Repeat analysis"/>
       <property name="ShortDescription" value="Open analysis which was used to create this element"/>
       <property name="LongDescription" value="Open analysis which was used to create this element"/>
       <property name="MnemonicKey" value="VK_R"/>
       <property name="SmallIcon" value="repeat.gif"/>
       <property name="ActionCommandKey" value="cmd-repeat-analysis"/>
    </action>
 </extension>

This extension defines an action implemented in RepeatAnalysisAction class with priority 20.

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