Bug 284650 [CommonNavigator] Misleading JavaDoc of the INavigatorContentService
Build ID: 20090619-0625 Steps To Reproduce: It is stated: "Clients should create instances of the this class using the factory ({@link NavigatorContentServiceFactory}).", which is truth for creation of a new instance only. If the instance of INavigatorContentService is required to configure the existing CNF instance, it should be obtained from the Navigator instead. More information: Here is a chat transcript with Francis Upton: [4:54:09 PM] Simon Zambrovski: NavigatorContentServiceFactory <- this guy is not intended to be used by clients in order to get access to the INavigatorContentService, right? So INavigatorContentService service = new NavigatorContentServiceFactory().createContentService("my.view.id"); is not working, but I should find the view (via IWorkbenchPage.findView()), cast it to the CommonNavigator and finally retrieve the NavigatorContentService from it by calling CommonNavigator.getNavigatorContentService() [4:56:38 PM] Francis Upton: yes [4:56:55 PM] Simon Zambrovski: ok. i'll add this to the wiki, because once you find the INavigatorContentService, its JavaDoc says - use the factory to get an instance of it.... [4:58:39 PM] Francis Upton: the javadoc comments are misleading, it refers to the use of it in a standalone manner which is possible, but not what you want. You want the one assicated with the CN. [4:59:13 PM] Francis Upton: can you file a bug about this? You can copy this transcript into the bug report, and that way I can clean up the doc.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.navigator/src/org/eclipse/ui/navigator/INavigatorContentService.java
* of the content service by appending to the bindings declared through
	 * <b>org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer</b>. Programmatic bindings are not
	 * persisted and are not remembered or propagated to other instances of the
	 * INavigatorContentService in the same session. Programmatic bindings
	 * cannot be undone for a given instance of the INavigatorContentService and
	 * do not override declarative bindings.
	 * <p>
	 * Once a content extension has been bound to the INavigatorContentService,
	 * clients may use
	 * {@link INavigatorActivationService#activateExtensions(String[], boolean) }
	 * or
	 * {@link  INavigatorActivationService#deactivateExtensions(String[], boolean) }
	 * to control the <i>activation</i> state of the extension. See
	 * {@link INavigatorContentService} for more information on the difference
	 * between <i>visible</i> and <i>active</i>.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param extensionIds
	 *            The list of extensions to make visible.
	 * @param isRoot
	 *            whether the context provider should be a root content provider
	 * @return A list of all INavigatorContentDescriptors that correspond to the
	 *         given extensionIds.
	 */
	INavigatorContentDescriptor[] bindExtensions(String[] extensionIds,
			boolean isRoot);
	/**
	 * Restore the state associated with the memento.
	 * 
	 * @param aMemento