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+package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.actions;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.PMDConstants;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.PMDPlugin;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.views.DataflowView;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMethod;
+import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IObjectActionDelegate;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
+
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author SebastianRaffel  ( 26.05.2005 )
+ */
+public class ShowDataflowAction implements IObjectActionDelegate {
+	
+	private IWorkbenchPage workbenchPage;
+	private DataflowView dataflowView;
+	
+	private IResource resource;
+	private IMethod method;
+	
+	
+	
+	/* @see org.eclipse.ui.IObjectActionDelegate#setActivePart(org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction, org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart) */
+	public void setActivePart(IAction action, IWorkbenchPart targetPart) {
+		workbenchPage = targetPart.getSite().getPage();
+	}
+
+	/* @see org.eclipse.ui.IActionDelegate#run(org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction) */
+	public void run(IAction action) {
+		if (workbenchPage != null) {
+			try {
+				dataflowView = (DataflowView)
+					workbenchPage.showView(PMDPlugin.ID_DATAFLOWVIEW);
+				
+				if (method != null)
+					dataflowView.showMethod(method);
+				
+			} catch (PartInitException pie) {
+				PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError(
+					PMDConstants.MSGKEY_ERROR_VIEW_EXCEPTION + 
+					this.toString(), pie);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/* @see org.eclipse.ui.IActionDelegate#selectionChanged(org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction, org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection) */
+	public void selectionChanged(IAction action, ISelection selection) {
+		if (!PMDPlugin.getDefault().useDFA()) {
+			action.setEnabled(false);
+			return;
+		} else {
+			action.setEnabled(true);
+		}
+		
+		if (selection instanceof IStructuredSelection) {
+			IStructuredSelection sel = (IStructuredSelection) selection;
+			Object element = sel.getFirstElement();
+			
+			method = null;
+			resource = null;
+			
+			if (element instanceof IMethod) {
+				method = (IMethod) element;
+				resource = method.getResource();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+