BulkIOUIActivator.java

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package gov.redhawk.bulkio.ui;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

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

	// The plug-in ID
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "gov.redhawk.bulkio.ui"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/** ISO 8601 date/time format, using space instead of 'T' between date and time for readability on UI. */
	public static final String ISO_8601_TIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";

	// The shared instance
	private static BulkIOUIActivator plugin;

	/**
	 * The constructor
	 */
	public BulkIOUIActivator() {
	}

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

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

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

	/** converts Date to ISO 8601 date/time format string.
	 *  @return if date is null, then empty string is return, otherwise returns date/time in ISO 8601 format
	 **/
	public static String toISO8601TimeStr(Date date) {
		if (date == null) {
			return "";
		} else {
			return new SimpleDateFormat(BulkIOUIActivator.ISO_8601_TIME_FORMAT).format(date);
		}
	}
}