diff -r 000000000000 -r 61163b28edca imakerplugin/com.nokia.s60tools.imaker/src/com/nokia/s60tools/imaker/internal/console/IMakerConsole.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/imakerplugin/com.nokia.s60tools.imaker/src/com/nokia/s60tools/imaker/internal/console/IMakerConsole.java	Tue Jan 12 13:17:53 2010 -0600
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "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.s60tools.imaker.internal.console;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument;
+import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
+import org.eclipse.ui.console.ConsolePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.ui.console.IConsole;
+import org.eclipse.ui.console.IConsoleConstants;
+import org.eclipse.ui.console.MessageConsole;
+import org.eclipse.ui.console.MessageConsoleStream;
+
+import com.nokia.s60tools.imaker.IMakerPlugin;
+
+public class IMakerConsole {
+	
+	private static final String IMAKER_CONSOLE_NAME = "iMaker";
+	private static IMakerConsole fDefault = null;
+	private MessageConsole fMessageConsole = null;
+	
+	public static final int MSG_INFORMATION = 1;
+	public static final int MSG_ERROR = 2;
+	public static final int MSG_WARNING = 3;
+		
+	private IMakerConsole() {}
+	
+	public static IMakerConsole getDefault() {
+		if(fDefault==null) {
+			fDefault = new IMakerConsole();
+		}
+		return fDefault;
+	}
+		
+	public void println(String msg, int msgKind) {
+		if( msg == null ) return;
+		
+		/* if console-view in Java-perspective is not active, then show it and
+		 * then display the message in the console attached to it */		
+		if( !displayConsoleView() )
+		{
+			/*If an exception occurs while displaying in the console, then just diplay atleast the same in a message-box */
+			MessageDialog.openError(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getShell(), "Error", msg);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		/* display message on console */	
+		getNewMessageConsoleStream(msgKind).println(msg);				
+	}
+	
+	public void clear() {		
+		final IDocument document = getMessageConsole().getDocument();
+		if (document != null) {
+			PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().syncExec(new Runnable() {
+				
+//				@Override
+				public void run() {
+					document.set("");
+				}
+			});
+		}			
+	}	
+		
+	private boolean displayConsoleView() {
+		try
+		{
+			IWorkbenchWindow activeWorkbenchWindow = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
+			if( activeWorkbenchWindow != null )
+			{
+				IWorkbenchPage activePage = activeWorkbenchWindow.getActivePage();
+				if( activePage != null )
+					activePage.showView(IConsoleConstants.ID_CONSOLE_VIEW, null, IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_VISIBLE);
+			}
+			
+		} catch (PartInitException partEx) {			
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	public MessageConsoleStream getNewMessageConsoleStream(final int kind) {		
+		int swtColorId = SWT.COLOR_DARK_GREEN;
+		
+		switch (kind) {
+			case MSG_INFORMATION:
+				swtColorId = SWT.COLOR_DARK_GREEN;				
+				break;
+			case MSG_ERROR:
+				swtColorId = SWT.COLOR_DARK_MAGENTA;
+				break;
+			case MSG_WARNING:
+				swtColorId = SWT.COLOR_DARK_BLUE;
+				break;
+			default:				
+		}	
+		final int colorID = swtColorId;
+		final MessageConsoleStream msgConsoleStream = getMessageConsole().newMessageStream();
+		final Display display = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay();
+		display.syncExec(new Runnable() {
+			
+//			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				msgConsoleStream.setColor(display.getSystemColor(colorID));
+			}
+		});
+		return msgConsoleStream;
+	}
+	
+	public MessageConsole getMessageConsole() {
+		if( fMessageConsole == null )
+			createMessageConsoleStream();		
+		return fMessageConsole;
+	}
+		
+	private void createMessageConsoleStream() {
+		fMessageConsole = new MessageConsole(getProductConsoleName(), getProductConsoleImageDescriptor()); 
+		ConsolePlugin.getDefault().getConsoleManager().addConsoles(new IConsole[]{ fMessageConsole });
+	}	
+	
+	private ImageDescriptor getProductConsoleImageDescriptor() {
+		return IMakerPlugin.getImageDescriptor("icons/imakerplugin_icon.png");
+	}
+
+	private String getProductConsoleName() {
+		return IMAKER_CONSOLE_NAME;
+	}
+}