Delete Logs action on Eclipse Problems View

The standard Eclipse Errors view has a provision for deleting all the logs by simply using the Delete Logs action available in the view tool bar as shown -

But there is no such provision available for the Eclipse Problems View. If you are planning to utilize the problems view in your product then this might be a big headache. I encountered the same thing and decided to contribute one of my own action for doing this job.

Extension Point Definition -

Extension Point Details -

The class DeleteLogsAction looks as follows -

public class DeleteLogsAction extends Action implements IViewActionDelegate {

    private IViewPart view;

    private final static String DIALOG_TITLE = "Confirm Delete";

    private final static String DIALOG_MESSAGE = "Are you sure you want to delete all logged events?";

    private final static String MARKER_TYPE = IMarker.PROBLEM;

    private final static int DEPTH = IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE;

    private final static boolean INCLUDE_SUB_TYPES = true;

    public DeleteLogsAction() {
        this.setImageDescriptor(Activator.getImageDescriptor("\\icons\\remove.gif"));
        this.setDisabledImageDescriptor(Activator.getImageDescriptor("\\icons\\remove_disabled.gif"));
    }

    @Override
    public void init(IViewPart view) {
        this.view = view;
    }

    @Override
    public void run(IAction action) {
        try
        {
            if(ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace() != null)
            {
                IWorkspace workSpace = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace();
                if(workSpace.getRoot() != null)
                {
                    IWorkspaceRoot root = workSpace.getRoot();
                    IMarker[] markers = root.findMarkers(MARKER_TYPE, INCLUDE_SUB_TYPES, DEPTH);
                    if(markers != null && markers.length > 0)
                    {
                        boolean confirm = MessageDialog.openConfirm(view.getSite().getShell(), DIALOG_TITLE,
                                DIALOG_MESSAGE);

                        if(confirm)
                        {
                            root.deleteMarkers(MARKER_TYPE, INCLUDE_SUB_TYPES, DEPTH);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch ( CoreException e )
        {
            PALogger.logError(Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "Failed to delete the problem markers.", e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void selectionChanged(IAction action, ISelection selection) {
    }

Once this part is done, You will be able to see the new action in the problems view -