Re: [jdt-ui-dev] Open Call Hierarchy Action name

[Randy Hudson <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The widget being used is a red herring.
 The fact is that the data being displayed is a graph.  Hierarchies
don't contain cycles.  Just like References->Hierarchy uses a List
to display its results ;-) ;-)

If the search view were a PageBookView
like the outline, some searches might contribute their own page as the
result set.  So, for the subset of searches where the call graph applies,
a tree could appear in the search view instead of a list.

Thanks,
Randy

"Adam Kiezun" <adam.kiezun@xxxxxxx> Sent by: jdt-ui-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 07/10/2003 05:56 AM Please respond to jdt-ui-dev

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> I've added the Call Hierarchy plug-in to my 2.1
install.  I remember 
> reading that this has been contributed to JDT.  It's a *really*
nice 
> feature. I'd like to see it replace the search view completely.  Maybe
it 
> could be a preference of mode instead of another view, which adds
to 
> context menu clutter.

Yes, it was contributed by Jesper and is now available in the 3.0 stream
(since M1 build)

I don't think, however, that it could replace the search view.
It cannot perform (and it's not clear that it should be able to) any searches
related to:
fields, types, packages

also, it cannot perform a search for occurrences or declarations
also, you cannot specify wildcards
also, it cannot do 'search in hierarchy'
also, the presentation is not persisted
also, it's not extensible for now

As of now, it serves one purpose and does it very well.
You could talk to Jesper and us and work on improving it.

> Anyway, Isn't the more common terminology a "call graph"?
 Currently, I 
> guess the implementation is displaying a tree, or hierarchy, but that
> could always change.

if we change it to a graph (any scalable swt graph widget that you know?),
the name might change as well
currently it's a tree, so 'hierarchy' sounds more appropriate

cheers
a.
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