Activator.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat Inc. and others.
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 * Contributors:
 *     Red Hat Inc. - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.rpm.ui;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

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

    /** The symbolic ID of the plugin */
    public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "org.eclipse.linuxtools.rpm.ui"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    // The shared instance
    private static Activator plugin;

    @Override
    public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
        super.start(context);
        plugin = this;
    }

    @Override
    public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
        plugin = null;
        super.stop(context);
    }

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

    /**
     * Log an error.
     *
     * @param message A human-readable message.
     * @param exception The exception to log.
     */
    public static void logError(String message, Throwable exception) {
        IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, PLUGIN_ID, message,
                exception);
        getDefault().getLog().log(status);
    }
}