An extension point to define and register target definitions. PDE gives the user the ability to choose and switch between targets. The main content of a target resides in a .target file. Among other things, this file contains a list of plug-ins and/or features, the target environment, execution environment and launching arguments.
a unique identifier for the target
a human readable name of the target
the relative path of the target definition file in the contributing plug-in.
a human-readable description of this target
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The following is an example of the <code>targets</code> extension:
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<extension point = "org.eclipse.pde.core.targets">
<target
id="org.eclipse.pde.core.rcpTarget"
name="Eclipse RCP"
path="targets/rcp.target"/>
</extension>
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In the example above, the name and id of the target are declared in the plugin.xml, but its content is store in a <code>targets/rcp.target</code> located in the contributing plug-in.
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The .target file must be created via <b>File > New > Other... > Plug-in Development > Target Definition</b> and must comply with the grammar of that file.
No Java code is requied for this extension point.
The <code>org.eclipse.pde.core</code> plug-in provides two extensions.
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