Re: Adding additional Value Editors - e.g. the standard Eclipse XML editor

[Stefan Seelmann <ma...@stefan-seelmann.de>]

Hi Franz,

to use the standard Eclipse editors as value editors is a nice idea.
However it's not possible out of the box.

Both implement different interfaces, maybe it's possible to implement an
adapter, but that would be significant development effort.

They also work differently: The value editors edit a value either in the
entry editor in-place or via a modal dialog, in both cases the entry
editor stays in the foreground. But the eclipse editors (the entry
editor is such one) exist in the editor area in a separate tab. So when
using the XML editor the entry editor would be switched to the
background, which changes the editing workflow.

Back to your question: The set of value editors is extensible, but
requires development work.

Kind Regards,
Stefan


On 3/26/21 11:13 AM, Franz Wolfhagen wrote:
> I am working with the IBM Identity Manager product aka ISIM where a lot of 
> attributes in the ldap is stored as binary attributes but containing XML 
> documents.
> 
> I can open thes with the Text Editor just fine - but I would like to able 
> to open them with e.g. the standard Eclipse XML editor.
> 
> I have started our downloading the editor to the Directory Studio Eclipse 
> (M16) and I can open the editor just fine - but there seems no simple way 
> to add the XML editor as a value editor.
> 
> Can somebody tell me if the set of Value Editors (and other editors) is 
> extensible (without being a development effort) or I should regard this 
> out-of-scope for Directory Studio ? 
> 
> 
> Med venlig hilsen/Regards,
> 
> Franz Wolfhagen 
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