Activator.java

package com.javadude.workingsets.m2eclipse;

import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The activator class controls the plug-in life cycle
 */
public class Activator extends AbstractUIPlugin {

	// The plug-in ID
	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "com.javadude.workingsets.m2eclipse";

	// The shared instance
	private static Activator plugin;

	@Override
	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);
		plugin = this;
        Class.forName(M2EclipseWorkingSetUpdater.class.getName());
	}
	@Override
	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		plugin = null;
		super.stop(context);
	}

	public static Activator getDefault() {
		return plugin;
	}
	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
		return AbstractUIPlugin.imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
	}
}