How to get “active editor” in Eclipse plugin?

Question

In my Eclipse plugin, I need to know when the editor that is visible on the screen has changed. I am currently getting the active editor as follows:

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Answer 1

The question is similar to the question posted in the link below. One way to achieve this is to keep track of which editor was previously opened by creating a Part Listener. Eclipse Plugin - How to get the last worked on editor