diff -r f1112f777ce9 -r 96906a986c3b testdev/ite/test/com.nokia.testfw.test/src/com/nokia/testfw/test/utils/WorkbenchUtils.java
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+++ b/testdev/ite/test/com.nokia.testfw.test/src/com/nokia/testfw/test/utils/WorkbenchUtils.java	Tue Mar 30 14:39:29 2010 +0800
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the License "Symbian Foundation License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.symbianfoundation.org/legal/sfl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.testfw.test.utils;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IViewReference;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
+
+/**
+ * @author xiaoma
+ *
+ */
+public class WorkbenchUtils {
+	
+	/**
+	 * get view by view id
+	 * @param id
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static IViewPart getView(String id) {
+		IViewReference viewReferences[] = PlatformUI.getWorkbench()
+				.getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage().getViewReferences();
+		for (int i = 0; i < viewReferences.length; i++) {
+			if (id.equals(viewReferences[i].getId())) {
+				return viewReferences[i].getView(false);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}