MDWorkbench Operations

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Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (extensionPoint* , operation*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT extensionPoint EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST extensionPoint

id      CDATA #REQUIRED

factory CDATA #REQUIRED>

Declares an extension point on which other plug-ins can hook to contribute operations, to extend the behavior of the original operation. The extension point owner must use the com.sodius.mdw.core.operations.ExtensionOperation class to execute contributions.

• id - the id of the extension point. The 'id' is then referred in the 'extends' attribute of 'operation' elements.
• factory - the factory each 'operation' extension must extend.

<!ELEMENT operation EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST operation

id      CDATA #REQUIRED

extends IDREF #REQUIRED

factory CDATA #REQUIRED>

• id - the id of the extension.
• extends - the id of the extension point for which this operation provides a contribution.
• factory - the factory to instantiate the contributed operation. The factory must extend the class declared by the 'factory' attribute of the referenced extension point.

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