[ecf-dev] ECF refactoring report

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

A quick progress report on the ECF refactoring effort

1) The 'core plugin' (id: org.eclipse.ecf: 130K) is now been split into 
three plugins:

a) org.eclipse.ecf.identity  (31K)
b) org.eclipse.ecf (49K)
c) org.eclipse.ecf.sharedobject (66K)

Now, b depends upon a, and c depends upon b. 

All of the other API plugins (presence [23K], datashare, fileshare, 
discovery [10K]) now depend on *b* (and a) but *not* c.

2) Many classes and packages have changed and moved to be more clearly 
and consistently structured. 

3) Extension points have moved:

a) org.eclipse.ecf.identity.namespace
b) org.eclipse.ecf.containerFactory, and org.eclipse.ecf.startup
c) org.eclipse.ecf.sharedobject.sharedObjectFactory

The connectionFactory extension point has been removed.

4) The datashare API has been simplified/made smaller and the dependency 
in the API on the sharedobject api has been removed.

5) All example and test code has been updated with above refactorings.

6) Internal packages have been defined with consistent naming to hold 
the Activator classes and other internal packages/classes.  There is 
more to do here, as I've focused so far only on identity and core plugins.

7) Created a more general Trace class (in org.eclipse.ecf.core.util in 
identity plugin) and moved over tracing in identity and core to new 
Trace.  More to do here for non core plugins.

8) Fixed and added javadocs for identity and core plugins.  See 
http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/org.eclipse.ecf.docs/api/

Remaining Todo (for refactoring/review)

1) Complete #6 for all plugins, both API plugins (first), and then 
providers (second)
2) Complete #7 for all plugins.
3) Complete #8 for all plugins.
4) Create a new filetransfer plugin (org.eclipse.ecf.filetransfer) and 
move the filetransfer code (currently in org.eclipse.ecf.fileshare 
plugin).  Remove fileshare plugin.
5) Create/add more test code and refactor existing test cases
6) Restructure build to accomodate new plugins and new dependency 
structure. 
7) Consolidate some ECF features to present an easier download/install 
procedure for ECF

I'm hoping that I'll be able to get 1-4 done in the next few days