terminate button in console of my eclipse plugin - eclipse-plugin

Question

I have developed an eclipse plugin in xtext and I need to write some messages in console.
To do that, I have seen this site http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_write_to_the_console_from_a_plug-in%3F and then I have implemented this code:
private static MessageConsole findConsole(String name) {
if (ConsolePlugin.getDefault() == null)
return null;
ConsolePlugin plugin = ConsolePlugin.getDefault();
IConsoleManager conMan = plugin.getConsoleManager();
IConsole[] existing = conMan.getConsoles();
for (int i = 0; i < existing.length; i++)
if (name.equals(existing[i].getName())) {
conMan.showConsoleView(existing[i]);
return (MessageConsole) existing[i];
}
// no console found, so create a new one
MessageConsole myConsole = new MessageConsole(name, null);
conMan.addConsoles(new IConsole[] { myConsole });
return myConsole;
}
public MessageConsoleStream getMessageStream() {
MessageConsole myConsole = findConsole("console");
if (myConsole != null) {
IWorkbench wb = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
IWorkbenchWindow win = wb.getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
IWorkbenchPage page = win.getActivePage();
String id = IConsoleConstants.ID_CONSOLE_VIEW;
IConsoleView view;
try {
view = (IConsoleView) page.showView(id);
view.display(myConsole);
return myConsole.newMessageStream();
} catch (PartInitException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
I have added org.eclipse.ui.console to plugin.xml > dependencies > required plugins.
When I want to print some message:
MessageConsoleStream out = getMessageStream();
out.println(...);
And it is working. But I need a "terminate button" in my console and it seems that this code isn't enough.
How can I do that?
Thanks.

Answer 1

That has nothing to do with the console at all. You want to create a viewContribution, which simply adds a button to the tool bar area of an existing view. There is also an example on stackoverflow. Or you might want to consult the Eclipse help on that topic.