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Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development

By : Alex Blewitt, Bandlem Limited
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Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development

By: Alex Blewitt, Bandlem Limited

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Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development
Alex Blewitt | Bandlem Limited
Aug, 2014 | 362 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development
Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Plugging in to JFace and the Common Navigator Framework
Plugging in to JFace and the Common Navigator Framework
JFace wizards
Common navigator
Summary
2
Creating Custom Extension Points
Creating Custom Extension Points
Extensions and extension points
Summary
3
Using OSGi Services to Dynamically Wire Applications
Using OSGi Services to Dynamically Wire Applications
Overview of services
Registering a service programmatically
Registering a service declaratively
Dynamic services
Dynamic Service Configuration
Summary
4
Using the Gogo Shell and Commands
Using the Gogo Shell and Commands
Consoles in Equinox
Extending the shell
Summary
5
Native Code and Fragment Bundles
Native Code and Fragment Bundles
Native code and Eclipse
Native libraries in OSGi bundles
Reloading native libraries
OSGi fragment bundles
Summary
6
Understanding ClassLoaders
Understanding ClassLoaders
Overview of ClassLoaders
ThreadContextClassLoaders
Java ServiceLoader
OSGi upgrade strategies
Summary
7
Designing Modular Applications
Designing Modular Applications
Semantic versioning
Public APIs and version ranges
Baselining and automatic versioning
Design patterns
Best practices
Summary
8
Event-driven Applications with EventAdmin
Event-driven Applications with EventAdmin
Understanding the OSGi EventAdmin service
Events and E4
Designing an event-based application
Summary
9
Deploying and Updating with P2
Deploying and Updating with P2
Eclipse P2
Running P2 applications
P2 repositories
Touchpoints
Summary
10
User Assistance in Eclipse
User Assistance in Eclipse
Help pages in Eclipse
Help Server and RCP
Cheat sheets
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 2. Creating Custom Extension Points

Eclipse is extended through the use of extension points and the extension registry. The registry manages a list of extension points and a list of extensions. Although it is commonly used in OSGi runtimes such as Eclipse, the extension registry can be used outside of an OSGi runtime as well.

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