Re: [ jEdit-devel ] Load JAR file to create a menu item in JFrame??

[Konstantin P. <kpr...@ya...>]

--- John Davis <jav...@ho...> wrote:
> I am implementing a text editor. And I want to
> allow the text editor to load third-party plug-ins.
> Do u know how to achieve
> that?? In other words, the java application (my text
> editor) can load the
> plugin (I guess it should be a JAR file) and create
> menu item "My Plugin" in
> JFrame. Is it JavaBeans approach??
> 
> //This should be java text editor code
> JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
> setJMenuBar(menuBar);
> 
> //The following should be third-party plugin code,
> which is a separated
> component
> JMenu pluginMenu = new JMenu("My Plugin");
> menuBar.add(pluginMenu );
> 
> 
> If you know, please let me know. Thanks

Well, we in XDoclet use similar logic - it loads jar
files containig plugins, grabs xml descriptors from
there and does funny stuff with it. 

JEdit also looks in jar files for actions.xml / 
dockables.xml. 

Use the force -read the source.

regards,

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