question: public static String elementToHandle ( final String project , final IJavaElement element ) { final String handle = element . getHandleIdentifier ( ) ; if ( project != null && ! ( element instanceof IJavaProject ) ) { IJavaProject javaProject = element . getJavaProject ( ) ; if ( project . equals ( javaProject . getElementName ( ) ) ) { final String id = javaProject . getHandleIdentifier ( ) ; return handle . substring ( id . length ( ) ) ; } } return handle ; }
target:  Converts the specified element to an input handle.