Creating a plug-in for the customization of the generation target

You must create a plug-in and define an extension point. You must then define the Java class that describes this extension point.

Procedure

  1. To open the creation wizard, select File > New > Project > Plug-in Project.
  2. The following two pages are standardly used to create Eclipse projects.

    On the Content page, in the Options pane, you must clear the following two options: This plug-in will make contributions to the UI and Generate an activator.

    Click Finish.

    The plug-in in which you can customize the generation target is now created in Eclipse.

  3. A dialog box makes it possible to automatically switch to the Plug-in Development perspective. Click Yes to indicate the necessary information of the plug-in in this perspective. You can click No and open the perspective later.
  4. In the plug-in manifest editor, you must complete the following tasks:
    • Specify the following required plug-in in the Dependencies tab: com.ibm.pdp.mdl.pacbase.util.
    • Specify the following extension point: com.ibm.pdp.mdl.pacbase.util.generatedTargetExtension,
    • Define the Java class where you will describe the extension point.

Results

You can now implement the customization of the generation target in the Java class. Programming interfaces are available.


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