How to read RTC Eclipse preferences using the Java API?
How can I read the values in the Window>Preferences>Team>Jazz Source Control>External Compare Tools preference page?
In particular I am interested to find if the checkbox "Use an external compare tool as the default open action" is selected and the name of the selected 2-way compare tool there.
Thanks!
Accepted answer
/instance/org.eclipse.ui.ide/IMPORT_FILES_AND_FOLDERS_VIRTUAL_FOLDER_MODE=prompt
/instance/com.ibm.team.filesystem.rcp.core/com.ibm.team.filesystem.rcp.core.SandboxListening=true
/instance/com.ibm.team.filesystem.ide.ui/external_compare_tool_merge_executable_path_pref_key_Beyond\ Compare=C\:\\Program Files\\Beyond Compare 4\\BComp.exe
/instance/com.ibm.team.filesystem.ide.ui/external_compare_previously_selected_compare_tool=Beyond Compare
/instance/com.ibm.team.filesystem.ide.ui/external_compare_default_tool_preference_key=true
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Hello Karthik.
Thanks for your answer!
Indeed, I exported the preferences: File>Export>General>Preferences
From the dump I found the node ids I was interested in
I saw that there are several types of preferences (instance, configuration, etc. A nice tutorial can be found here: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipsePreferences/article.html).
// org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences
InstanceScope instScope = InstanceScope.INSTANCE;
IEclipsePreferences extCmpToolNode =
instScope.getNode( "com.ibm.team.filesystem.ide.ui" );
boolean openExtCmpToolByDefault = extCmpToolNode.getBoolean(
"external_compare_default_tool_preference_key", false);
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