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file format of .project [message #512284]

Thu, 04 February 2010 09:28

Eclipse User

Hi,

Is there somewhere a description on the file format of the .project file
found in every eclipse project?
I was not able to find any schema description, or even a text file
telling what tags/properties are possible and what they actually mean.

Best Regards
Kristof

Re: file format of .project [message #512408 is a reply to message #512284]

Thu, 04 February 2010 18:16

Eclipse User

Hi,

it is a better idea not to play around with .project files. Actually,
you can look on the IProject, IProjectDescription interfaces and the
corresponding sub-elements (natures, builders and other attributes)...

Kind regards,

Simon
Kristof Szabados schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Is there somewhere a description on the file format of the .project file
> found in every eclipse project?
> I was not able to find any schema description, or even a text file
> telling what tags/properties are possible and what they actually mean.
>
> Best Regards
> Kristof

Re: file format of .project [message #512575 is a reply to message #512284]

Fri, 05 February 2010 09:19

Eclipse User

As Simon says, there is API to deal with projects. See
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/guide/resAdv.htm
for project natures and builders. That document also includes the other
project related APIs.

We do publish a description of the file (I was surprised) in
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/project_description_file.ht ml

But use the provided APIs to modify it.

PW

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Re: file format of .project [message #512619 is a reply to message #512575]

Fri, 05 February 2010 11:21

Eclipse User

On 2010.02.05. 15:19, Paul Webster wrote:
> As Simon says, there is API to deal with projects. See
> http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/guide/resAdv.htm
> for project natures and builders. That document also includes the other
> project related APIs.
>
> We do publish a description of the file (I was surprised) in
> http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/project_description_file.ht ml
>
>
> But use the provided APIs to modify it.
>
> PW
>

Thank you for the information.

I know it's not the best way, but most probably I will have to create a
shell script that converts from our old project format to "an eclipse
based project format".

BR
Kristof

Re: file format of .project [message #513022 is a reply to message #512408]

Mon, 08 February 2010 10:30

Eclipse User

Le 05/02/2010 00:16, Simon Zambrovski a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> it is a better idea not to play around with .project files. Actually,
> you can look on the IProject, IProjectDescription interfaces and the
> corresponding sub-elements (natures, builders and other attributes)...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Simon
> Kristof Szabados schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there somewhere a description on the file format of the .project file
>> found in every eclipse project?
>> I was not able to find any schema description, or even a text file
>> telling what tags/properties are possible and what they actually mean.

By the way, is there a GUI way to set the comment of a project (from
IProjectDescription) ?

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