Professional Eclipse 3 for Java Developers

by Daum, Berthold

• ISBN13: 9780470020050
• ISBN10: 0470020059
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780470021620
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-12
• Publisher: Wrox
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Summary

Step-by-step guide that introduces novices to using all major features of Eclipse 3 Eclipse is an open source extensible integrated development environment (IDE) that helps Java programmers build best-of-breed integrated tools covering the whole software lifecycle-from conceptual modeling to deployment Eclipse is fast becoming the development platform of choice for the Java community Packed with code-rich, real-world examples that show programmers how to speed up the development of applications by reusing and extending existing Eclipse components Describes SWT and JFace (Eclipse's alternative to the Java AWT and Swing) and demonstrates them in practice in a JavaLayer based MP3 player Shows how Eclipse can be used as a tool platform and application framework

Author Biography

Berthold Daum has a Ph.D in Mathematics and is a professional Java and XML developer who has been using Eclipse since it was first developed. Mr. Daum specializes in innovative electronic business technology and electronic content production; his clients include SAP Integrated Services AG and Software AG. His experience in software training and ability to anticipate the needs of professional developers has been demonstrated in his previous books, including Eclipse 2 for Java Developers (Wiley) and Modeling Business Objects with XML Schema (Morgan-Kaufmann).

Mr. Daum Studied photography in Melbourne and has both exhibited and published his images of Australia's natural beauty.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Introduction to Eclipse	1	(24)
Installing Eclipse	1	(4)
The First Application: Hello World	5	(5)
Perspectives	5	(2)
Projects	7	(1)
Create a New Class	7	(2)
Launch	9	(1)
The Most Important Preferences for Java Development	10	(8)
Workbench Preferences	11	(1)
Installed JREs	12	(2)
Compiler Preferences	14	(1)
Formatting Code	15	(1)
Templates	16	(2)
Tasks and Problems	18	(4)
Problems, Problems	19	(2)
General Tasks	21	(1)
Bookmarks	22	(1)
The Scrapbook	22	(2)
Summary	24	(1)
Effective Programming with Eclipse	25	(20)
Little Helpers	25	(11)
System Information	25	(1)
Help and Hover	26	(1)
Java Information Views	27	(1)
Automatic Code Completion	28	(5)
The Correction Assistant	33	(2)
Convenience Functions of the Java Editor	35	(1)
Source Code Navigation	36	(2)
Refactoring Code	38	(4)
Modifying Types	38	(1)
Refactoring Code	39	(3)
Undo and Redo	42	(1)
Local History	43	(1)
Comparing Resources	43	(1)
Replacing with an Older Version	43	(1)
Restore Deleted Resource	43	(1)
Summary	44	(1)
The Art of (Visual) Composition	45	(6)
Installation	45	(1)
Invocation	46	(1)
Preferences	46	(1)
Composition	46	(2)
Beans and Bean Properties	48	(1)
Generic Beans	48	(1)
Properties	49	(1)
Layouts	49	(1)
Event Processing	49	(1)
Summary	50	(1)
Organizing Your Code	51	(22)
The Workbench	51	(1)
Resources	52	(2)
Resource Types	52	(1)
Where Resources Are Stored	52	(1)
Synchronizing Resources	53	(1)
Navigation	53	(1)
Associations	54	(1)
Packages	55	(2)
Folders and Packages	55	(1)
Navigation	56	(1)
Hierarchy	56	(1)
The Outline View	57	(3)
Representation	58	(1)
Context Functions	59	(1)
Searching	60	(3)
The Search Function	60	(2)
Find and Replace	62	(1)
Marking Name Occurrences	63	(1)
Arranging Editors and Views	63	(2)
Docked Windows	63	(1)
Stacked Windows	64	(1)
Desktop Windows	64	(1)
FastView	64	(1)
Opening and Closing Windows	65	(1)
Maximizing Windows	65	(1)
Minimizing Views	65	(1)
Managing Perspectives	65	(2)
Defining New Perspectives	65	(1)
Configuring Perspectives	66	(1)
Importing Files	67	(2)
Project Properties	69	(2)
The Java Browsing Perspective	71	(1)
Summary	72	(1)
Project One: Duke Speaks	73	(40)
Setting Up the Project	73	(1)
A Short Excursion into Speech Synthesis	74	(1)
Extending the Free TTS System	75	(9)
Animation Events	75	(2)
The Animator	77	(4)
Embedding into FreeTTS	81	(2)
Connection with the Java Audio System	83	(1)
The User Interface	84	(26)
The Animated Face	85	(2)
The Control Panel	87	(1)
The Model	87	(4)
The Presentation	91	(15)
The Complete Application	106	(3)
Exporting the application	109	(1)
Bibliography	110	(1)
Summary	110	(3)
Project Development	113	(16)
Debugging	113	(7)
The Debug Configuration	113	(1)
The Debug Perspective	114	(1)
Controlling Program Execution	115	(2)
Managing Breakpoints	117	(1)
The Java Console	118	(1)
Remote Debugging	119	(1)
JUnit	120	(5)
Setting Up JUnit	120	(2)
Creating a Test Suite	122	(2)
Running a Test Suite	124	(1)
Documentation	125	(3)
Try It Out: Javadoc Options	126	(1)
Try It Out: Command-Line Options	126	(2)
Summary	128	(1)
Advanced Topics of Project Development	129	(8)
Developing in a Team	129	(6)
Setting Up a Repository	130	(2)
Projects in the Repository	132	(1)
Version Management	133	(1)
Working in a Team	133	(2)
Other Functions	135	(1)
External Tools	135	(1)
Refresh	135	(1)
Environment	135	(1)
Associations	135	(1)
Summary	136	(1)
The SWT Library	137	(68)
SWT Function Group Overview	138	(1)
SWT---Pros and Cons	139	(2)
Advantages of SWT	140	(1)
Disadvantages of SWT	140	(1)
The SWT Package	141	(1)
Events	141	(4)
Listeners	141	(1)
Adapters	142	(1)
Events	142	(1)
Overview of Listeners, Adapters, and Events	143	(2)
Widgets	145	(32)
The Widget Class	146	(1)
The Control Class	146	(1)
Visual Overview	146	(1)
Displays, Shells, and Monitors	146	(6)
Dialogs	152	(3)
Composites, Groups, and Canvas	155	(1)
Buttons	156	(2)
Sliders and Scales	158	(1)
ProgressBar	159	(1)
Scrollable and ScrollBar	159	(1)
Text Fields and Labels	159	(2)
Tables, Lists, and Combos	161	(5)
Trees	166	(1)
Sashes	167	(1)
Tabbed Folders	168	(1)
Toolbars	169	(1)
Moveable Tool Groups (CoolBar)	170	(1)
Menus	170	(4)
Custom Widgets	174	(3)
The Browser Widget	177	(1)
Layouts	177	(8)
Visual Overview	178	(1)
The FillLayout Class	178	(1)
The RowLayout Class	179	(1)
The GridLayout Class	180	(2)
The FormLayout Class	182	(2)
The StackLayout class	184	(1)
Graphics	185	(6)
The Graphics Context	185	(1)
Colors	186	(1)
Fonts	187	(2)
Images	189	(1)
The Cursor	190	(1)
Widgets That Swing	191	(5)
Embedded Contents	192	(1)
Events	192	(4)
Output to a Printer	196	(2)
Data Transfer	198	(2)
The Clipboard	198	(1)
Drag and Drop	199	(1)
Resource Management	200	(1)
Windows32 Support (OLE)	201	(1)
SWT on the Pocket PC	202	(1)
Accessibility	202	(1)
Summary	203	(2)
JFace	205	(32)
Resource Management	205	(1)
The FontRegistry Class	205	(1)
The ImageRegistry Class	206	(1)
The JFaceColors Class	206	(1)
The JFaceResources Class	206	(1)
Dialogs and Windows	206	(8)
Some Dialog Subclasses	207	(3)
Implementing Your Own Dialog Classes	210	(3)
Making Dialogs Persistent	213	(1)
Viewers	214	(4)
The Viewer Event Model	215	(1)
The Viewer Hierarchy	215	(2)
Cell Editors	217	(1)
Data Transfer	218	(1)
Text Processing	218	(8)
Text Processing Base Classes	218	(8)
The ProjectionViewer	226	(1)
Comfortable Text Fields and Combos	226	(1)
Actions and Menus	226	(2)
The IAction Interface	226	(1)
The Managers	227	(1)
Wizards	228	(2)
The Wizard Class	228	(1)
The Wizard Page Class	229	(1)
The WizardSelectionPage Class	230	(1)
The WizardDialog Class	230	(1)
Preferences	230	(5)
The PreferenceStore and PreferenceConverter Classes	231	(1)
The PreferencePage Class	232	(1)
Field Editors	232	(1)
Preference Page Trees	233	(2)
Summary	235	(2)
Project Two: Jukebox	237	(76)
Design Goals and How to Achieve Them	237	(1)
Installing the Project	238	(3)
The Player Module	241	(20)
Layout	241	(1)
Threads	242	(1)
The Player.java Class	243	(17)
BasicPlayerListener	260	(1)
The Playlist Domain Model	261	(14)
The Interface	261	(7)
Implementing IPlayList	268	(2)
Accessing Features	270	(1)
Managing Entries	271	(2)
Content Provider	273	(1)
Playlist Switch	273	(1)
Selections	274	(1)
The Description Window	275	(3)
The DescriptionWindow Class	276	(2)
The Playlist Viewer	278	(17)
The PlaylistWindow Class	278	(3)
The PlaylistViewer Class	281	(8)
Nested Grid Layout	289	(1)
Toolbar	290	(2)
File-Selection Dialogs	292	(1)
Menu	293	(2)
The PlaylistLabelProvider Class	295	(4)
Returning a Warning Icon	296	(1)
Cell Text	297	(2)
The FileCellEditor Class	299	(1)
The Description Editor	300	(2)
The DescriptionCellEditor Class	300	(2)
The DescriptionEditorDialog Class	302	(9)
Code Scanner	303	(1)
Content Assistant	304	(3)
SourceViewer Configuration	307	(1)
SourceViewer	308	(3)
Deploying the Jukebox	311	(1)
Summary	311	(2)
Developing Plug-Ins for the Eclipse Platform	313	(74)
The Architecture of the Eclipse Platform	314	(4)
Extension Points	314	(1)
OSGi	314	(1)
A Minimal Platform	315	(1)
Rich Client Platform vs. IDE	315	(1)
Resource Management	315	(1)
User Interface	316	(1)
Help System	316	(1)
Team Support	316	(1)
Other Plug-in Groups	317	(1)
Architecture Summary	317	(1)
The Core Classes of the Eclipse Platform	318	(2)
The Platform Class	318	(1)
The Plugin Class	318	(1)
The Preferences Class	319	(1)
Path Specifications	319	(1)
Monitoring Long-Running Processes	320	(1)
The Eclipse Workspace	320	(7)
Resources	320	(4)
Markers	324	(1)
Reacting to Resource Changes	325	(1)
Managing Long-Running Processes	326	(1)
Configuring Plug-ins	327	(17)
The Plug-in Development Perspective	327	(2)
The Plug-in Manifest	329	(3)
The Most Important SDK Extension Points	332	(9)
The Schema Editor	341	(3)
Components of the Eclipse User Interface	344	(41)
Forms	344	(6)
The Eclipse Workbench	350	(1)
The Architecture of the Eclipse Workbench	351	(1)
Event Processing in the Eclipse Workbench	352	(3)
Editors	355	(7)
Views	362	(5)
Actions	367	(5)
Dialogs	372	(2)
Workbench Wizards	374	(3)
Preferences and Property Pages	377	(1)
Defining Perspectives	377	(2)
The Help System	379	(4)
Cheat Sheets	383	(2)
Summary	385	(2)
Developing Your Own Eclipse-Based Products	387	(20)
Embedded Ant	388	(2)
Configuration	388	(1)
Editing Ant Scripts	389	(1)
Plug-ins and Fragments	390	(1)
Features	391	(2)
Creating and Editing Features	391	(2)
Deployment	393	(6)
Deploying a Feature	393	(1)
Deploying Complete Products	394	(1)
Customizing Products	394	(2)
Populating the Workspace	396	(2)
Creating Update Sites	398	(1)
Installing from an Update Site	399	(2)
Adding an Update Site	400	(1)
Installing Features	400	(1)
Updating Features	400	(1)
Managing the Configuration	400	(1)
Install Handlers	401	(1)
Internationalizing Products	401	(4)
Text Constants in Programs	402	(1)
Text Constants in Manifest Files	403	(1)
Help Texts and Cheat Sheets	404	(1)
Deploying National Language Resource Bundles	405	(1)
Patches	405	(1)
Summary	405	(2)
Project Three: A Spell Checker as an Eclipse Plug-In	407	(94)
The Spell Checker Core Classes	408	(2)
The Engine	408	(1)
Overview	409	(1)
Setting Up the Project	410	(2)
The Plug-in Configuration	412	(7)
The Manifest plugin.xml	413	(4)
The Schema documentTokenizer.exsd	417	(2)
Imported Files	419	(1)
The Plugin Class	419	(5)
Dictionary URL	421	(1)
Initializing Preferences	422	(1)
The Manager	423	(1)
The Check Spelling Action	424	(15)
The SpellCheckingTarget Class	425	(1)
Factory Method	426	(1)
Selections	427	(1)
Document Management	428	(1)
Text Replacement	429	(1)
Disposal	430	(1)
The CheckSpellingActionDelegate Class	431	(8)
The Correction Window	439	(13)
The SpellCorrectionView Class	439	(10)
View Actions	449	(1)
Managing Images	450	(2)
Coordinating Core Classes with GUI Classes	452	(11)
The Manager	453	(1)
Selecting the Plug-in	454	(3)
Running the Engine	457	(1)
Managing Engines	458	(1)
Creating Engines	459	(3)
Processing Bad Words	462	(1)
Operations	462	(1)
Analyzing Documents	463	(1)
Configuring the Spell Checker	463	(10)
Preferences	463	(1)
Domain Model	464	(2)
The GUI	466	(5)
Reading from the PreferenceStore	471	(2)
The Help System	473	(4)
The Help Table of Contents	473	(1)
Context-Sensitive Help	473	(1)
Active Help	474	(2)
Running the Help Action	476	(1)
A Plug-in for Java Properties	477	(7)
Setting Up the Project	477	(1)
The Manifest	478	(1)
Tokenizer Extension	478	(1)
Manifest	479	(1)
The Plugin Class	480	(1)
The Preferences	481	(1)
The Preference Page	482	(1)
The Java-Properties Tokenizer	483	(1)
The Help System	483	(1)
Internationalizing the Spell Checker	484	(6)
Text Constants in Java Code	484	(3)
Text Constants in Manifest Files	487	(1)
Creating a Language Fragment	487	(3)
Deploying the Spell Checker	490	(9)
Defining the Spell Checker Feature	490	(2)
Configuring Ant Scripts	492	(3)
Defining the Language Feature	495	(2)
Defining the Update Site	497	(1)
Installation	498	(1)
Summary	499	(2)
The Rich Client Platform	501	(10)
Definition and Motivation	501	(1)
Plug-ins and the RCP	502	(1)
Creating an Application	503	(4)
The IPlatformRunnable Interface	503	(1)
The WorkbenchAdvisor Class	503	(4)
Testing a Rich Client Application	507	(1)
Deploying a Rich Client Application	507	(1)
Advanced Product Customization	508	(1)
The Global Welcome Screen	508	(1)
Summary	509	(2)
Project 4: The Hex Game as a Rich Client Application	511	(26)
Overview	511	(1)
Setting Up the Project	512	(1)
The Manifest plugin.xml	512	(5)
Required Eclipse Plug-ins	514	(1)
Declaring the Application	514	(1)
Defining a Perspective	515	(1)
Defining a View	515	(1)
Product Customization	515	(1)
Linking the Welcome Screen	515	(1)
Adding Help	516	(1)
The Completed Manifest	516	(1)
The RcpApplication Class	517	(1)
The RcpWorkbenchAdvisor Class	518	(1)
The RcpPerspective Class	519	(1)
The IGame and IStatusListener Interfaces	520	(1)
The IStatusListener Interface	520	(1)
The IGame Interface	520	(1)
The HexView Class	521	(6)
The Game Engine	527	(4)
The Welcome Screen	531	(3)
Test	534	(1)
Deployment	534	(1)
Summary	535	(2)
Conclusions and Outlook	537	(8)
Programming Style	537	(4)
Executable Prototypes	538	(1)
Automated Tests	538	(1)
Refinements	538	(2)
Embrace Change	540	(1)
Save Energy	541	(1)
Java 1.5	541	(1)
Summary	542	(3)
Appendix A: Useful Plug-ins for Eclipse	545	(6)
Appendix B: Migrating Projects to a New Eclipse Version	551	(4)
Projects	551	(1)
Plug-ins	552	(1)
Migration to Eclipse 3	552	(3)
Appendix C: Important Downloads	555	(2)
Project One: Duke Speaks	555	(1)
Project Two: Jukebox	555	(1)
Project Three: A Spell Checker as an Eclipse Plug-In	555	(1)
Book Web Site	556	(1)
Appendix D: Bibliography	557	(2)
Index	559