Bug 62596 [API] JDT messages/images should be public API
The messages and images of the JDT (and of the platform) are not accessible through a public API. So implementors of plugins have no good way to make their plugins have a consistent look&feel with the JDT. For example if you provide a plugin which handles java classes, you want to reuse the same icon than the JDT for a java class. All these classes seems useful to us: org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.actions.ActionMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.JavaPluginImages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.JavaPlugin org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.JavaElementImageProvider org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchImages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.JavaElementImageProvider org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.DebugUIMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.core.model.JDIDebugModelMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.JavaDebugImages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.LaunchingMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.LauncherMessages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.ImageDescriptorRegistry org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.ImageImageDescriptor org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugPluginImages org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.wizards.NewWizardMessages org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.SearchPluginImages Note that this feature request has been entered to conform to the Ready for Websphere Studio certification.
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/JavaPluginImages.java
* @param key the image's key
	 * @return the image descriptor for the given key
	 */ 
	public static ImageDescriptor getDescriptor(String key) {
		if (fgImageRegistry == null) {
			return (ImageDescriptor) fgAvoidSWTErrorMap.get(key);
		}
		return getImageRegistry().getDescriptor(key);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sets the three image descriptors for enabled, disabled, and hovered to an action. The actions
	 * are retrieved from the *tool16 folders.
	 * 
	 * @param action	the action
	 * @param iconName	the icon name
	 */
	public static void setToolImageDescriptors(IAction action, String iconName) {
		setImageDescriptors(action, "tool16", iconName); 
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sets the three image descriptors for enabled, disabled, and hovered to an action. The actions
	 * are retrieved from the *lcl16 folders.
	 * 
	 * @param action	the action
	 * @param iconName	the icon name
	 */
	public static void setLocalImageDescriptors(IAction action, String iconName) {
		setImageDescriptors(action, "lcl16", iconName);