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Which is better plug-in development style as runtime classes specify [message #50701]

Fri, 28 March 2003 06:17

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: narushima_to.ybb.ne.jp

Plug-ins need to specify how to load Eclipse runtime classes.

It is two way:

1) specify in ".classpath" file. e.g,

<classpathentry kind="var"
path="ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.ui_2.0.2/workbench.jar "/>

2)

Download eclipse runtime package from CVS. and specify in
".project" file.

In case (1), It is light weight. when developer installs eclipse
default install, no problem to create plug-in.

In case (2), It need to download sources from CVS. Developer can
programming and debugging in eclipse lastest version with plug-in
development.

(But, Plug-in depend on Eclipse Main branch that may be desirable
on XP practice "Continuous Integration")

Which is better development style?

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Narushima Hironori mailto:narushima_to@ybb.ne.jp

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Re: Which is better plug-in development style as runtime classes specify [message #50729 is a reply to message #50701]

Fri, 28 March 2003 06:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: burner.zclipse.org

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:17:10 +0900, Narushima Hironori wrote:

This question should go in the eclipse.tools newsgroups. However, to get
your question answered quickly...

> Plug-ins need to specify how to load Eclipse runtime classes.
>
> It is two way:
>
> 1) specify in ".classpath" file. e.g,
>
> <classpathentry kind="var"
> path="ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.ui_2.0.2/workbench.jar "/>
>
> 2)
>
> Download eclipse runtime package from CVS. and specify in
> ".project" file.

3) Import external plugins. (File/import/external plug-ins and
fragments/don't extract source/select all/...) Then you can build your
plug-in against those binary plugins. This is probably the best way.

Use the eclipse wiki [http://eclipsewiki.swiki.net/] to find answers to
similar frequently asked questions.

mike

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Re: Which is better plug-in development style as runtime classes specify [message #50927 is a reply to message #50701]

Mon, 31 March 2003 15:23

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: daniel.megert.gmx.net

Narushima Hironori wrote:

>Plug-ins need to specify how to load Eclipse runtime classes.
>
>It is two way:
>
>1) specify in ".classpath" file. e.g,
>
><classpathentry kind="var"
> path="ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.ui_2.0.2/workbench.jar "/>
>
>2)
>
>Download eclipse runtime package from CVS. and specify in
>".project" file.
>
>In case (1), It is light weight. when developer installs eclipse
>default install, no problem to create plug-in.
>
>In case (2), It need to download sources from CVS. Developer can
>programming and debugging in eclipse lastest version with plug-in
>development.
>
>(But, Plug-in depend on Eclipse Main branch that may be desirable
>on XP practice "Continuous Integration")
>
>
>Which is better development style?
>
>
Both files may or may not be under (CVS) version control. They are used
for different purposes:
..project is owned by Platform core to manage the project meta data
(independent from Jdt).
..classpath is owned by JDT Core to manage the project's build path

HTH
Dani

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