Question

I’m working on an Eclipse RCP Project and are somehow stuck in my understanding of the method

getBootStrapPart() of the PagebookViewClass. Do i get this right, that when the part, that this method returns, is initialised the PagebookView is also initialised?

Example:

@Override
protected IWorkbenchPart getBootstrapPart() {
    IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
    IWorkbenchWindow activeWorkbenchWindow = workbench.getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
    IWorkbenchPage activePage = activeWorkbenchWindow.getActivePage();
    return activePage.getActiveEditor();
}

Does this mean, whenever i get an active editor and that my Pagebookview is initialised?

Answer 1

getBootstrapPart() is called when the PageBookView is created. This determines which part to use during the initial creation. If you return null, then the defaultPage will be created.

See also: How to create a PageBookView