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+++ b/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/itgroup/digilib/plugin/Activator.java	Mon Jan 03 09:11:25 2011 +0100
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+package de.mpg.mpiwg.itgroup.digilib.plugin;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+
+/**
+ * The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle
+ */
+public class Activator extends AbstractUIPlugin {
+
+	// The plug-in ID
+	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "de.mpg.mpiwg.itgroup.diglib.plugin"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	// The shared instance
+	private static Activator plugin;
+	
+	/**
+	 * The constructor
+	 */
+	public Activator() {
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#start(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
+	 */
+	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
+		super.start(context);
+		plugin = this;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#stop(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
+	 */
+	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
+		plugin = null;
+		super.stop(context);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the shared instance
+	 *
+	 * @return the shared instance
+	 */
+	public static Activator getDefault() {
+		return plugin;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an image descriptor for the image file at the given
+	 * plug-in relative path
+	 *
+	 * @param path the path
+	 * @return the image descriptor
+	 */
+	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
+		return imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
+	}
+}