Creating a plug-in dedicated to user command lines

A specific creation wizard is available to create this type of plug-in.

Procedure

  1. To open the creation wizard, select File > New > Project > Plug-in Project.
  2. The following two pages are standard pages used for the creation of Eclipse projects.
    Note: On the Content page, you must clear the selected check boxes in the Options pane. You must not generate an activator or indicate that the plug-in will make contributions to the UI.
  3. On the Templates page, select Create a plug-in using one of the templates and RPPz Subcommand wizard. Click Next.
  4. Enter the name of the Java™ class in which you will describe your command. Specify also the identifier of the extension point.

Results

The plug-in in which you can write your command line has been created in Eclipse. You can see it in the Project Explorer view of the Resource perspective.
The plugin.xml file contains the user command-line extension point.
Figure 1. Command-line extension point
<extension 
       point="com.ibm.pdp.product.tools.rppSubCommand">
     <rppSubcommand
            rppSubCommandId="rppCommandId"
            class="com.rppsubcommand.sample.SampleRppSubCommand">
     </rppSubcommand>
</extension>

To write your command line, open the plug-in and the Java class generated from the name you specified in the creation wizard.


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