A feature project is used in Eclipse to create, test, and export features. Features are used to group many plug-ins together into a coherent unit. For example, the JDT feature consists of 26 separate plug-ins. Features are also used in the construction of update sites, which are covered later in this chapter.
Create a feature project by going to File | New | Project... and then selecting Feature Project.
Name the project
com.packtpub.e4.feature
and this will be used as the default name for the Feature ID. As with plug-ins, they are named in reverse domain name format, though typically they end withfeature
to distinguish them from the plug-in that they represent. The version number defaults to1.0.0.qualifier
. The feature name is used as the text name which is shown to the user when it's installed, and will default to the last segment of the the project name.Click on Next and it will prompt for plug-ins to be chosen. Choose
com.packtpub.e4.clock.ui
from...