IPreferencesConstants


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11  package org.eclipse.core.internal.preferences;
12  
13  /**
14   * Container for the constants used by this plugin. 
15   * @since org.eclipse.equinox.preferences 1.0
16   */
17  public interface IPreferencesConstants {
18      /**
19       * Backward compatibilty: name of the original runtime plugin
20       */
21      public static final String   RUNTIME_NAME = "org.eclipse.core.runtime"; //$NON-NLS-1$
22  
23      /**
24       * Name of this plugin
25       */
26      public static final String   PREFERS_NAME = "org.eclipse.equinox.preferences"; //$NON-NLS-1$
27  
28      /**
29       * Command line options
30       */
31      public static final String   PLUGIN_CUSTOMIZATION = "-plugincustomization"; //$NON-NLS-1$
32  
33      /**
34       * This is the base filename used to construct the name of the preference
35       * file and the name of the preference translation file.
36       */
37      public static final String   PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_BASE_NAME = "preferences"; //$NON-NLS-1$
38  
39      /**
40       * The name of the file (value <code>"preferences.ini"</code>) in a
41       * plug-in's (read-only) directory that, when present, contains values that
42       * override the normal default values for this plug-in's preferences.
43       * <p>
44       * The format of the file is as per <code>java.io.Properties</code> where
45       * the keys are property names and values are strings.
46       * </p>
47       */
48      public static final String   PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_FILE_NAME = PREFERENCES_DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_BASE_NAME + ".ini"; //$NON-NLS-1$
49  
50      /** 
51       * The simple identifier constant (value "<code>preferences</code>") of
52       * the extension point of the Core Runtime plug-in where plug-ins declare
53       * extensions to the preference facility. A plug-in may define any number
54       * of preference extensions.
55       */
56      public static final String   PT_PREFERENCES = "preferences"; //$NON-NLS-1$
57  
58  }
59
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