How to get API Tooling to work in Eclipse

Question

I have been having a real hard time getting API Tooling to work in Eclipse 3.4.2. It keeps telling me:

The minor version should be incremented in version 3.4.0.qualifier, since new APIs have been added since version 3.4.0.40001

That being said, I have generated the plugins that are used for the baseline from the exact same code that it is being analyzed against. The API Tools docs say that it compares the current code against the baseline to see if there are any differences. I can't see how there could be differences if the built version is built from the current code.

The way that I tested it:

1. Create a new eclipse workspace
2. Create a new Plug-in Project with API Analysis turned on
3. Add a simple class to that plugin and export the package with that class in it
4. Build/Export that plugin to some location on your hard drive
5. Set the workspace baseline to that location and do a full build

You get an error for the project in your problems view.

Thanks,

-One very perplexed user

Answer 1

Looks like this is something that got fixed in 3.5. Too bad my company doesn't want us using 3.5 in case there are any incompatibility issues. (there were 3.3 to 3.4)

My recommendation to anyone who wants to do Eclipse API Analysis is to use 3.5.