helper method for getting extension elements of a cextension.

core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/ICExtensionReference.java

@@ -11,17 +11,20 @@
 package org.eclipse.cdt.core;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
 
 public interface ICExtensionReference {
 
     /**
      * Return the extension point of this reference.
+     * 
      * @return String
      */
     public String getExtension();
 
     /**
      * Return the extension ID of this reference.
+     * 
      * @return String
      */
     public String getID();
@@ -32,12 +35,53 @@ public interface ICExtensionReference {
     public void setExtensionData(String key, String value);
 
     /**
-	 * Gets a value of the key from the .cdtproject file set by setExtensionData()
+     * Gets a value of the key from the .cdtproject file set by
+     * setExtensionData()
      */
     public String getExtensionData(String key);
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates the executable extension for the reference.
+	 * Creates and returns a new instance of the cextension executable 
+	 * identified by the <run> attribute of the cextension.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The ICExtension is instantiated using its 0-argument public 
+	 * constructor. If the class implements the
+	 * <code>IExecutableExtension</code> interface, the method
+	 * <code>setInitializationData</code> is called, passing to the object
+	 * the configuration information that was used to create it. 
+	 * </p>
+	 * <p>
+	 * Unlike other methods on this object, invoking this method may activate 
+	 * the plug-in.
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @return the executable ICExtension instance
+	 * @exception CoreException if an instance of the executable extension
+	 *   could not be created for any reason.
+	 * @see IExecutableExtension#setInitializationData
 	 */
     public ICExtension createExtension() throws CoreException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all configuration elements that are children of the
+     * cextension element. Returns an empty array if this configuration
+     * element has no children.
+     * <p>
+     * Each child corresponds to a nested XML element in the configuration
+     * markup. For example, the configuration markup
+     * 
+     * <pre>
+     *  &lt;view&gt;
+     *  &amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;verticalHint&gt;top&lt;/verticalHint&gt;
+     *  &amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;horizontalHint&gt;left&lt;/horizontalHint&gt;
+     *  &lt;/view&gt;
+     * </pre>
+     * 
+     * corresponds to a configuration element, named <code>"view"</code>,
+     * with two children.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @return the child configuration elements
+     */
+    public IConfigurationElement[] getExtensionElements() throws CoreException;
 }

core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CDescriptor.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -60,12 +59,12 @@ public class CDescriptor implements ICDescriptor {
 	private HashMap extInfoMap = new HashMap(4);
 	private Document dataDoc;
 
+	static final String CEXTENSION_NAME = "cextension"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	static final String DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME = ".cdtproject"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final char[][] NO_CHAR_CHAR = new char[0][];
 	private static final String PROJECT_DESCRIPTION = "cdtproject"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PROJECT_EXTENSION = "extension"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PROJECT_EXTENSION_ATTRIBUTE = "attribute"; //$NON-NLS-1$
-	private static final String PATH_ENTRY = "cpathentry"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PROJECT_DATA = "data"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PROJECT_DATA_ITEM = "item"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String PROJECT_DATA_ID = "id"; //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -318,7 +317,6 @@ public class CDescriptor implements ICDescriptor {
 
 	private void readProjectDescription(Node node) {
 		Node childNode;
-		ArrayList pathEntries = new ArrayList();
 		NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
 		for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
 			childNode = list.item(i);
@@ -397,7 +395,7 @@ public class CDescriptor implements ICDescriptor {
 		}
 		IConfigurationElement element[] = extension.getConfigurationElements();
 		for (int i = 0; i < element.length; i++) {
-			if (element[i].getName().equalsIgnoreCase("cextension")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			if (element[i].getName().equalsIgnoreCase(CEXTENSION_NAME)) {
 				cExtension = (InternalCExtension) element[i].createExecutableExtension("run"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 				cExtension.setExtenionReference(ext);
 				cExtension.setProject(fProject);
@@ -407,6 +405,22 @@ public class CDescriptor implements ICDescriptor {
 		return (ICExtension) cExtension;
 	}
 	
+	protected IConfigurationElement[] getConfigurationElement(ICExtensionReference ext) throws CoreException {
+		IPluginRegistry pluginRegistry = Platform.getPluginRegistry();
+		IExtensionPoint extensionPoint = pluginRegistry.getExtensionPoint(ext.getExtension());
+		IExtension extension = extensionPoint.getExtension(ext.getID());
+		if ( extension == null) {
+			throw new CoreException(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, CCorePlugin.PLUGIN_ID, -1,  CCorePlugin.getResourceString("CDescriptor.exception.providerNotFound"), null)); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		IConfigurationElement element[] = extension.getConfigurationElements();
+		for (int i = 0; i < element.length; i++) {
+			if (element[i].getName().equalsIgnoreCase(CEXTENSION_NAME)) {
+			    return element[i].getChildren();
+			}
+		}
+		return new IConfigurationElement[0];
+	}
+	
 	// The project data allows for the storage of any structured information
 	// into the cdtproject file.
 	private Document getProjectDataDoc() throws CoreException {

core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CExtensionReference.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.ICExtension;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.ICExtensionReference;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
 
 public class CExtensionReference implements ICExtensionReference {
 	private CDescriptor fDescriptor;
@@ -49,4 +50,7 @@ public class CExtensionReference implements ICExtensionReference {
 		return fDescriptor.createExtensions(this);
 	}
 
+    public IConfigurationElement[] getExtensionElements() throws CoreException {
+		return fDescriptor.getConfigurationElement(this);
+    }
 }