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+====== Eclipse Editors for Arbitrary Types ======
+Sometimes you can't use an Eclipse view to edit something in an RCP application; there are just times you need to be able to open multiple instances of your //editor//. Or maybe you need your editable //thing// to be able to interoperate with Eclipse's resources framework. For example, suppose you're implementing a web browser plug-in for Eclipse. You definitely would like the user to be able to open multiple web browser tabs. But how would you actually code this
+up?
+On EclipsePowered, Paul Moore offers the following suggestion::
+<code>
+    Setting it up
+. Define an IEditorInput class
+          This is used to pass information to the editor about what its supposed
+          to be //editing// (a file name, a web page,…)
+. Define an EditorPart class. This is like a view but the main
+          difference is that it has an init method that takes as its second
+          param an IEditorInput, this is your #1 object and it tells you what
+          you are suppsoed to be editing
+. Put the editor in the plugin manifest in the
+          org.eclipse.ui.editors extension point
+    Now to use it
+. Create an instance of your IEditorInput
+. Call IWorkBenchPage.openEditor
+          Pass in the editor input object you just made and the full id of the
+          editor
+    Your EditorPart will get created and its init method will be
+    called. Then the createPartControl will be run (just like a view).
+</code>
+~~LINKBACK~~
+~~DISCUSSION:closed~~

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