ll RCP applications must define at least one perspective; otherwise, there would be nothing to lay out the views. Think of a perspective as a set of layout hints for a window . Every IWorkbenchWindow has one page. The page owns its editor and view instances and uses the active perspective to decide its layout. The perspective details where, and whether or not, to show certain things, such as views, the editor area, and actions. The following provides an overview of the main parts of an IWorkbenchWindow.
A perspective factory provides the initial layout for a perspective. When a perspective is needed, the factory is created and passed an IPageLayout to which views are added. The factory is then discarded. As the user rearr