[dtp-dev] Changes to the Data Source Explorer for 1.6 M6

[brian.fitzpatrick@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi all...

We've been doing some additional tweaking
to the Data Source Explorer (DSE) for the 1.6 M6 milestone. This may require
adopter changes and we wanted you to be aware of what we're doing before
we deliver it to the code stream for M6. 

You can see the latest patch in BZ 189800
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=189800).

As a summary of what's changed...

1) We have moved DSE view menu and toolbar
contributions out of the org.eclipse.ui.viewContributions extension to
the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension. This is to provide greater flexibility
to adopters in how they can add, remove, and override toolbar and view
menu actions. The new o.e.ui.menus extension uses the command and command
handler frameworks to allow overriding of a variety of places for different
purposes. 

2) The upshot of this is that if anyone
has extended via the older o.e.ui.viewContributions method, they will need
to adjust to use the new o.e.ui.menus extension. The two extensions do
not seem to be compatible, which may cause some folks to do some additional
work in M6. 

3) I have updated the Connection Profile
sample (File sample) plug-in to show how to override a command handler.


So if you have concerns or questions
about this change, please let me know. 

Thanks
--Fitz

Brian Fitzpatrick
Senior Software Engineer
DTP Connectivity Team Lead
Sybase, Inc.