[cdt-dev] validation of plugin.xml (extension)

[Tim Orling <ticotimo@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been bitten several times now with single character typos in resource file names that have thrown me into NPE fits. Some things in an extension are validated (like "class"). Others are not, like "icon". I realize this is actually a platform issue, but any guidance on how to implement better validation of things that clearly Eclipse should know ("id", "icon" for instance)? Is it just a matter of a better schema in the extension point declaration or do we need to use wst validation or something similar?

Cheers.

--Tim (Intel)