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How can I hook the work item link open action in IDE?


Will West (2145) | asked Jul 08 '10, 3:39 p.m.
I have a linktype that links a workitem to an external object. The link is to the http(s):// URL of that object. When that link is "opened" from the work item links page of the work item editor in Eclipse, it opens in the browser. I want to hook the open action and open up a custom editor we have for that object inside Eclipse IDE.

How can I override that action?

EDIT: by "opened" I mean double-clicked or selected and then the "Open" button is pressed

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Will West (2145) | answered Jul 09 '10, 11:09 a.m.
To answer my own question:

extend this class:
com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core.hyperlinks.HyperlinkHandler

wire it up with an extension of this point:
com.ibm.team.foundation.rcp.core.hyperlinkHandler

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