Adding scripting commands to Bioclipse

Following up on my recent post on Scripting BioMoby in Bioclipse, I have created a new extension point to be able to hook in additions to the Rhino scripting language in Bioclipse with a namespace. Add an example extension like below to the plugin.xml of your plugin (example is from net.bioclipse.biomoby.ui):

<extension
     point="net.bioclipse.rhino.scripting">
  <ScriptContribution
        class="net.bioclipse.biomoby.ui.scripts.MobyServiceScripting"
        id="net.bioclipse.biomoby.ui.scripts.MobyServiceScripting"
        namespace="moby">
  </ScriptContribution>
</extension>

The class must implement IScriptProvider and namespace is the desired namespace you like to have (see examples below). An example is the class net.bioclipse.biomoby.ui.scripts.MobyServiceScripting:

public class MobyServiceScripting implements IScriptProvider{

    public void showMessage(String title, String message) {
       MessageDialog.openInformation(
          getShell(),
          title,
          message);
    }

 }

Now it's possible to issue commands in Bioclipse like the following:

  moby.showMessage("wee", "how");

Very convenient in my opinion. This will be extensively used in the upcoming Bioclipse2, which currently is in design phase.