Element action (extension point)

Identifier

ru.biosoft.access.elementAction

Plugin

ru.biosoft.access

Since

0.9.4

Registry

PluginActions

Applicable for

BioUML workbench

Description

The elementAction extension is the modern alternative to repositoryActionsProvider extension point. It allows to register context menu action for repository elements in BioUML workbench. Registered actions are displayed on repository pane toolbar and available by right-click in repository pane.

Configuration markup

<!ELEMENT action (property*)>
<!ATTLIST action
     name        CDATA #REQUIRED
     class       CDATA #REQUIRED
     priority    CDATA #REQUIRED
>

name

internal action name.

class

fully-qualified name of action class (must subclass AbstractElementAction).

priority

action priority (number). Actions with bigger priority numbers are displayed higher in the repository pane context menu. If action priority exceeds 40, it can be performed as default action when user double-clicks on the element (provided that no other actions with higher priorities are available for given element). If the maximal priority value for given element less or equals to 40, then no default action will be performed by double-click.

<!ELEMENT property>
<!ATTLIST property
     name        CDATA #REQUIRED
     value       CDATA #REQUIRED
>

name

name of action property.

value

value of action property.

The following properties are defined:

Name

user-visible name of the action.

ShortDescription

user-visible short description of the action.

LongDescription

user-visible long description of the action.

MnemonicKey

hotkey name to perform the action (see the constants defined in KeyEvent class).

SmallIcon

path to 16x16 icon file

ActionCommandKey

internal action identifier

Other properties are ignored.

Example

 <extension point="ru.biosoft.access.elementAction"> 
    <action name="Repeat analysis" class="ru.biosoft.analysis.gui.RepeatAnalysisAction" priority="20">
       <property name="Name" value="Repeat analysis"/>
       <property name="ShortDescription" value="Open analysis which was used to create this element"/>
       <property name="LongDescription" value="Open analysis which was used to create this element"/>
       <property name="MnemonicKey" value="VK_R"/>
       <property name="SmallIcon" value="repeat.gif"/>
       <property name="ActionCommandKey" value="cmd-repeat-analysis"/>
    </action>
 </extension>

This extension defines an action implemented in RepeatAnalysisAction class with priority 20.