AbstractUIAction.java

package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.ui.actions;

import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin.PMDPlugin;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.ui.views.ViolationOverview;

import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.IObjectActionDelegate;
import org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPartSite;
/**
 * 
 * @author Brian Remedios
 */
public abstract class AbstractUIAction implements IObjectActionDelegate {

	private IWorkbenchPart targetPart;

	protected AbstractUIAction() {
	}

	protected IWorkbenchPart targetPart() {
		return targetPart;
	}

	/**
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.IObjectActionDelegate#setActivePart(org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction,
	 *      org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart)
	 */
	public void setActivePart(IAction action, IWorkbenchPart theTargetPart) {
		targetPart = theTargetPart;
	}

	protected boolean isViewPart() {
		return targetPart instanceof IViewPart;
	}

	protected boolean isEditorPart() {
		return targetPart instanceof IEditorPart;
	}

	protected boolean isViolationOverview() {
		return targetPart instanceof ViolationOverview;
	}

	protected String targetPartClassName() {
		return targetPart.getClass().getName();
	}

	protected IWorkbenchPartSite targetPartSite() {
		return targetPart.getSite();
	}

	protected ISelection targetSelection() {
		return targetPartSite().getSelectionProvider().getSelection();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Helper method to return an NLS string from its key
	 */
	protected String getString(String key) {
		return PMDPlugin.getDefault().getStringTable().getString(key);
	}
	
	protected void showErrorById(String errorId, Throwable th) {
		 PMDPlugin.getDefault().showError(getString(errorId), th);	
	}
	
	protected void logError(String message, Throwable error) {
		PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError(message, error);
	}
}