How to get workspace location in Eclipse 4.x

Question

I need to get workspace a location using API in Eclipse 4.x platform. I know that I can use

ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getLocation().toString();

but I'm wondering if there is another way to do that without static reference to ResourcesPlugin? For example using Dependency Injection..

Thanks in advance Qinto.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '13 at 22:45

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From Eclipse Wiki:

@Inject @Named(E4Workbench.INSTANCE_LOCATION) private Location instanceLocation;

This didn't work for me in my LifeCycleManager, though, throwing an exception that the Location object was not available to be injected. I removed the @Named annotation and a valid Location object was injected:

@Inject private Location instanceLocation;

answered Jun 27 '13 at 22:45

smith.gt

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I can confirm that E4Workbench.INSTANCE_LOCATION does not work in Luna SR1. Unfortunately, in the second approach, the user directory is injected, not the workspace. – Max Hohenegger Mar 20 '15 at 12:56
The first approach works in Eclipse Mars, but E4Workbench is not API yet. – Max Hohenegger Feb 11 '16 at 17:50

How to get workspace location in Eclipse 4.x

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