Eclipse plugin : Get the enclosing class and member name

Question

I have created a Eclipse plug in to printout the object in selection on press of a short cut key. I have been able to do this ,but i also would like to add the current method a

Answer 1

It really hard to get that stuff from Breadcrumb, you would have to use reflection to get it.

Here is the code to get current method from editor.

ITextEditor editor = (ITextEditor) PlatformUI.getWorkbench()
        .getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage().getActiveEditor();

ITextSelection selection = (ITextSelection) editor
        .getSelectionProvider().getSelection();

IEditorInput editorInput = editor.getEditorInput();
IJavaElement elem = JavaUI.getEditorInputJavaElement(editorInput);
if (elem instanceof ICompilationUnit) {
    ICompilationUnit unit = (ICompilationUnit) elem;
    IJavaElement selected = unit.getElementAt(selection.getOffset());

    System.out.println("selected=" + selected);
    System.out.println("selected.class=" + selected.getClass());
}