ExampleUiPlugin.java

package org.dresdenocl.examples.ui;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

import org.dresdenocl.logging.LoggingPlugin;

/**
 * The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle
 */
public class ExampleUiPlugin extends AbstractUIPlugin {

	// The plug-in ID
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "org.dresdenocl.examples.ui"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	// The shared instance
	private static ExampleUiPlugin plugin;
	
	/**
	 * The constructor
	 */
	public ExampleUiPlugin() {
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#start(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
	 */
	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);
		plugin = this;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#stop(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
	 */
	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		plugin = null;
		super.stop(context);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the shared instance
	 *
	 * @return the shared instance
	 */
	public static ExampleUiPlugin getDefault() {
		return plugin;
	}

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Facade method for the classes in this plug-in that hides the dependency
	 * from the <code>org.dresdenocl.logging</code> plug-in.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param clazz
	 *          the class to return the logger for
	 * 
	 * @return a log4j <code>Logger</code> instance
	 */
	public static Logger getLogger(Class<?> clazz) {

		return LoggingPlugin.getLogManager(plugin).getLogger(clazz);
	}
}