diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
index 869b49bc0a7..6527f93fd5b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.core;
  */
 
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.MissingResourceException;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.builder.ICBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IndexModel;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.CoreModel;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.IBinaryParser;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.IConsole;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.CDescriptorManager;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
@@ -152,11 +154,49 @@ public class CCorePlugin extends Plugin {
 			}
 		};
 	}
-	
+
 	public IConsole getConsole() throws CoreException {
 		return getConsole(null);
 	}
+
+	public String[] getBinaryParserFormats() {
+		ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
+		IExtensionPoint extensionPoint = getDescriptor().getExtensionPoint("BinaryParser");
+		if (extensionPoint != null) {
+			IExtension[] extensions =  extensionPoint.getExtensions();
+			for(int i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++){
+				IConfigurationElement [] configElements = extensions[i].getConfigurationElements();
+				for( int j = 0; j < configElements.length; j++ ) {
+					String attr = configElements[j].getAttribute("format");
+					if (attr != null) {
+						list.add(attr);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}	
+		return (String[])list.toArray(new String[0]);
+	}
 	
+	public IBinaryParser getBinaryParser(String format) {
+		try {
+			IExtensionPoint extensionPoint = getDescriptor().getExtensionPoint("BinaryParser");
+			if (extensionPoint != null) {
+				IExtension[] extensions =  extensionPoint.getExtensions();
+				for(int i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++){
+					IConfigurationElement [] configElements = extensions[i].getConfigurationElements();
+					for( int j = 0; j < configElements.length; j++ ) {
+						String attr = configElements[j].getAttribute("format");
+						if (attr != null && attr.equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
+							return (IBinaryParser)configElements[j].createExecutableExtension("class");
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}	
+		} catch (CoreException e) {
+		} 
+		return null;
+	}	
+
 	public CoreModel getCoreModel() {
 		return CoreModel.getDefault();
 	}