diff -r 2288674e8199 -r e9be28ae423a core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/p2/P2Utils.java
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+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/p2/P2Utils.java	Mon Sep 13 15:22:01 2010 -0500
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2010 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 "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: 
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.carbide.internal.discovery.ui.p2;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.IProvisioningAgent;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.IProfile;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.IProfileRegistry;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IInstallableUnit;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.operations.ProvisioningSession;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.IQueryResult;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.QueryUtil;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.ProvisioningUI;
+import org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.Location;
+
+import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Activator;
+import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Messages;
+
+public class P2Utils {
+	
+	public static Collection<URI> getKnownRepositories() {
+		ProvisioningUI provisioningUI = ProvisioningUI.getDefaultUI();
+		ProvisioningSession session = provisioningUI.getSession();
+		URI[] uris = provisioningUI.getRepositoryTracker().getKnownRepositories(session);
+		return Arrays.asList(uris);
+	}
+
+	public static Collection<FeatureInfo> getInstalledFeatures(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+		Set<FeatureInfo> infos = new HashSet<FeatureInfo>();
+		ProvisioningUI provisioningUI = ProvisioningUI.getDefaultUI();
+		ProvisioningSession session = provisioningUI.getSession();
+		IProvisioningAgent agent = session.getProvisioningAgent();
+		IProfileRegistry profileRegistry = (IProfileRegistry) agent.getService(IProfileRegistry.SERVICE_NAME);
+		IProfile profile = null;
+		if (profileRegistry != null) {
+			profile = profileRegistry.getProfile(provisioningUI.getProfileId());
+			if (profile != null) {
+				IQueryResult<IInstallableUnit> result = 
+					profile.query(QueryUtil.createIUGroupQuery(), monitor);
+				for (Iterator<IInstallableUnit> iterator = result.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+					infos.add(new FeatureInfo((IInstallableUnit) iterator.next()));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return infos;
+	}
+	
+	public static void writeFeaturesToFile(File file) {
+		if (!file.exists()) {
+			Collection<FeatureInfo> initialFeatures = P2Utils.getInstalledFeatures(new NullProgressMonitor());
+			ImportExportData data = new ImportExportData(false, Collections.<URI>emptyList(), initialFeatures);
+			try {
+				Streamer.writeToXML(new FileOutputStream(file), data);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(
+						Messages.P2Utils_WriteInitialFeaturesFileError, file), e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static File getInitialFeaturesFile() {
+		Location installLocation = Platform.getInstallLocation();
+		URL url = installLocation.getURL();
+		IPath path = new Path(url.getPath());
+		path = path.append("configuration/initialFeatures.xml"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		File file = path.toFile();
+		return file;
+	}
+}