The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse

by D'Anjou, Jim; Fairbrother, Scott; Kehn, Dan; Kellerman, John; McCarthy, Pat

• ISBN13: 9780321305022
• ISBN10: 0321305027
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-26
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

The revision of the best-selling Eclipse book on the market, completely revised for Eclipse 3.0!

Author Biography

Pat McCarthy is a senior software engineer at IBM and member of the Eclipse Jumpstart team.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Origin of the Book

Goals

Intended Audience and Prerequisites

How the Book Is Organized

Coding Conventions

CD-ROM

Where to Find Further Information

Guide to Reading This Book

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Read Me First

Eclipse as a Host for Application Development Tools

Beyond Tools: Eclipse as a Host for Client Applications

What Is Eclipse?

Getting and Installing Eclipse

Chapter Summary

References

Using Eclipse

Getting Started with Eclipse

Your First Steps

Basic Eclipse Use

Resource Management

Customizing Eclipse

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

Reference

Using Java Development Tools

Getting Started with JDT

Writing Java Code

Working with Java Elements

Tuning the Performance of the JDT

More on the JDT Views and Preferences

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

Reference

Running and Debugging Java

Running Java Code

Debugging

Remote Debugging

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

Reference

Teaming Up with Eclipse

Eclipse Support for CVS

General Team Support by Eclipse

An Overview of CVS for the Novice

The CVS User Interface in Eclipse

Special Situations and How to Handle Them

Additional Features

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

References

Managing Your Eclipse Environment

An Overview of Your Eclipse Installation

Understanding the Runtime Configuration

Coordinating Preferences

Understanding Configuration Management Fundamentals

Interacting with the Update Manager

Managing Your Configuration

Chapter Summary

Reference

Fundamentals of Extending Eclipse

Extending Eclipse for Fun and Profit

Excited About Extending Eclipse? You Should Be!

An Easy and Practical Example

A Brief Tour of "Hello, World"

Asking the Right Question Is More Important Than Knowing the Answer

Where to Go from Here?

Overview of the Eclipse Architecture

That Was Then, This Is Now

Architectural Top Priorities: Extensibility and Integration

Eclipse the IDE Platform and Rich Client Application

The Eclipse Platform Runtime

User Interface Frameworks

Workbench Frameworks

Chapter Summary

References

Getting Started: Plug-in Development

Getting Started with Plug-ins

Getting Started with Extensions and Extension Points

Basic Steps of Implementing a Plug-in

Using the Plug-in Development Environment

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

References

Creating Applications Using the Rich Client Platform

Reasons Applications Are Being Built on the RCP

Eclipse Architecture, Revisited

Opportunities for Reuse of Eclipse

Implementing Your Own Workbench

Exercise Summary

Chapter Summary

References

Creating Extension Points: How Others Can Extend Your Plug-ins

Relationship Between Extension Points and Extensions

Viewing the Official List of Enabled Plug-ins, Extensions, and Extension Points

How to Define Extension Points

Handling Dynamic Plug-ins

How to Enable the Schema-Based New Extension Wizard

Example Summary

Chapter Summary

References

Advanced Plug-in Development

Migrating Your Plug-ins from E

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Excerpts

Origin of the Book Starting in late 1999, the authors formed the core of a group within IBM called the Eclipse Jumpstart team. The team was created to share knowledge of what would become Eclipse technology throughout IBM and with its business partnersthat is, to "jumpstart" the IBM and IBM partner development community on Eclipse. Part of this effort included the creation of a set of presentations, lecture materials, and accompanying exercises. Over the ensuing months, as the Eclipse technology matured, the presentations and exercises matured as well. As the Eclipse community grew to include various companies and academic institutions, requests for this information also grew. After every class we taught, we revised and improved the materials. When our schedules could not keep pace with the demand, we adapted the materials and made them available for use in a self-study mode. This was the genesis of this book. You can think of each chapter in the book as a classroom lesson. The exercises and examples reinforce the concepts of the chapters and provide you with practice using or extending aspects of Eclipse. The Second Edition Late 2003 found most of the original authors still actively engaged in Eclipse. We have been unexpectedly and very pleasantly surprised with the public acceptance of the first edition. The public and private commentary on the first edition was very positive. In July 2004 the first edition received an Editors' Choice Award from theJava Developers Journal.The authors express their sincerest thanks and appreciation to our many readers. With the first edition barely six months old, we realized that Eclipse 3.0 would be very special and has the potential to take Eclipse to new heights. It will reach a much larger developer community and potentially millions of users now that Eclipse is not limited to integrated development environments (IDEs) but can host any kind of client application. The authors remain passionate about this technology and the opportunities it offers for innovative tools and applications. We decided to create a second edition earlier than planned. Our objectives for the second edition were to upgrade the book to Eclipse 3.0, improve it based on reader feedback, and add a select number of new topics. This edition is nearing the limit in sheer weight and volume that anyone should have to carry. We hope it continues to serve you and the Eclipse community well. What's New in the Second Edition All chapters, exercises, and examples from the first edition are updated for Eclipse 3.0. The Guide to Reading This Book section has been added. This topic provides a plan to help readers who are new to Eclipse get the most from this comprehensive book. There are seven new chapters and three new exercises. There is a special focus on the new rich client support. The book was restructured to acknowledge this significant new feature. A chapter is devoted to the rich client topic along with two detailed exercises. One of the exercises demonstrates the new Eclipse runtime support for dynamic plug-ins. For readers who use Eclipse as their Java development environment, a new exercise is included in which you develop a simple Web commerce site using a Java servlet application running on an Apache Tomcat server. There is an entirely new introduction to extending Eclipse. A comprehensive chapter devoted to JFace viewers was added and the chapter on views has been expanded. The chapter on concurrency will show you how to create a more responsive user interface by delegating work for processing behind the scenes. You can better manage a rich or complex user interface after reading the chapter on Eclipse capabilities. A chapter devoted to plug-in performance tuning will help you avoid common development pitfalls. A new chapter on internationalization and accessibility will help you devel