Bug 172969 Allow EclipseStarter to make the system BundleContext available (patch included)

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/eclipseAdaptor/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/eclipseAdaptor/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter.java
index e4a701c27..0a884a575 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/eclipseAdaptor/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/eclipseAdaptor/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Alex Blewitt (bug 172969)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor;
 
@@ -1506,4 +1507,18 @@ public class EclipseStarter {
 				FrameworkProperties.clearProperty((String) entry.getKey());
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the context of the system bundle.  A value of 
+	 * <code>null</code> is returned if the platform is not running.
+	 * @return the context of the system bundle
+	 * @throws java.lang.SecurityException If the caller does not have the
+	 *         appropriate <code>AdminPermission[system.bundle,CONTEXT]</code>, and
+	 *         the Java Runtime Environment supports permissions.
+	 */
+	public static BundleContext getSystemBundleContext() {
+		if (context == null || !running)
+			return null;
+		return context.getBundle().getBundleContext();
+	}
 }