[che-dev] "Simple Java Project" support

[Thomas Mäder <tmader@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

we're working toward replacing our homegrown Java back end with a 
version based on Eclipse's jdt.ls 
(https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls). The work is detailed in 
https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/6157. One of the topics in 
question is what to do with the "simple java project" support. For 
simple Java projects, you can manipulate the Java class path in the IDE. 
You can add jars and source folders.

jdt.ls supports Java projects based on maven or gradle projects. So the 
question is: does the community feel the need for this kind of projects 
or is the everybody using other kinds of projects anyway? If yes, what 
parts of the simple Java projects type are important? Would it be OK to 
emulate these based on a different underlying technology?

thx for your feedback.

/Thomas