How to use dependency injection in Eclipse plugin

Question

I have an Eclipse plugin editor (now running on Kepler), and I want to use dependency injection to get contexts such as workbench, logger, etc'. My purpose is to make my code "more testable".

1. What plugin dependencies should I add to use the new DI?
2. Are there goo examples on how to use it?

Answer 1

I assume you are mainly interested in the dependency mechanisms of the Eclipse 4 workbench. I recommend these tutorials and articles for an introduction:

• an Eclipse wiki page describing how this was introduced in Eclipse
• a great tutorial introducing the basics of this mechanism and how to use it in your plugin
• and of course a huge tutorial on vogella about all things E4 development, where dependency injection starts at chapter 23.