# Touchpoints

###### Identifier:

org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.touchpoints

###### Since:

@since org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine 1.0

###### Description:

Touchpoints are the provisioning system's interface to some part of the environment in which installable units are being installed. Defining a new touchpoint allows you to "teach" the provisioning system how to interact with some aspect of the environment (an operating system, another native application, etc).

###### Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (touchpoint?)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT touchpoint EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST touchpoint

type CDATA #REQUIRED

version CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

description CDATA #IMPLIED>

- type -
- version -
- class -
- description -

###### Examples:

     <extension point="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.touchpoints" id="eclipse" name="My Touchpoint">
      <installAdaptor
       type="eclipse"
       class="com.xyz.MyTouchpoint"
       version="1.0.0"/>
     </extension>

###### API Information:

Touchpoint implementations must extend org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.engine.Touchpoint.

###### Supplied Implementation:

The platform provides touchpoint implementations for interacting with the operating system (org.eclipse.equinox.p2.native) and the OSGi framework (org.eclipse.equinox.p2.osgi).

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