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Eclipse plugin reuse outside eclipse

Is it possible to run an Eclipse Plugin outside of Eclipse? ...

Getting the message "Cannot start the update ui..." when trying to run the update UI in Eclipse

When I try to run the update manager in Eclipse, I get the error "Cannot launch the Update UI. This installation has not been configured properly for Software Updates." Does anyone know how to fix this? ...

Make Eclipse formatter ignore comments?

Is there a way to make Eclipse's built-in formatter ignore comments? Whenever I run it, it turns this: /* * PSEUDOCODE * Read in user's string/paragraph * * Three cases are possible * Case 1: foobar * do case 1 things * Case 2: fred hacker * do case 2 things * Case 3: co...

Eclipse SWING app: breakpoint hit only after an uncaught exception is thrown

I have a really strange issue. I am working on a Java SWING application in Eclipse. I set a breakpoint somewhere in my code, then run the debug. I execute the piece of code containing the breakpoint but it is always skipped. As soon as I run some code that throws an uncaught exception, the breakpoints start being hit again, without cha...

eclipse change content on save

Hi, i have implement a ResourceChangeListener and catch the save event. Now i want to add some code to the File. How i can do that?? I try to use BufferedReader/BufferedWriter but than the i must refresh the file. If i try it with IFile.refreshlocal() i got an error that the file is lock? ...

Eclipse 3.4+ - No more notifying a breakpoint in taskbar

Hello. This question may sound silly, but I was wondering if someone ever had that problem too. I was using Eclipse 3.2 to develop, earlier. Recently I changed to Eclipse 3.4 (ganymede), and I have a problem, concerning debugging. Before, whenever the debugger was hitting a breakpoint, Eclipse would blink in the windows taskbar, to noti...

Maintaining compability with multiple plugin version in Eclipse

Assuming that extending a class from an Eclipse plugin: public abstract PluginClass { /** @since 1.0 */ public void doSomething() { }; /** @since 1.1 */ public void doSomethingElse() { }; } Is it safe to override doSomethingElse if I still want to support the 1.0 version of the plugin? ...

Eclipse RCP/ Plug-in Question

Hi, I have an RCP application (referred to as RCP-APP). I have created a new plug-in (referred to as plug-in A) that wraps a media player api (.jar file) and a folder of C libraries (dlls) that the media player api accesses via JNA. I then created another plugin (referred to as plug-in B) that contains a media player application that ...

Error in GMaven Plugin

Whenever I execute the gmaven plugin, I get the following problem org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Internal error in the plugin manager executing goal 'org.codehaus.groovy.maven:gmaven-plugin:1.0-rc-5:generateStubs': Mojo execution failed. The relevant section of my POM is below. Any thoughts why? <plugin> ...

Maven Eclipse volume label syntax error

When I do a clean all on my maven project in Eclipse, it always comes back with the following error: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect I have the maven builder and java bulider enabled. Does anyone know what this error means? thanks, Jeff ...

Useful Eclipse Java Code Templates

You can create various Java code templates in Eclipse via the Window->Preferences->Java -> Editor -> Templates e.g. sysout is expanded to: System.out.println(${word_selection}${});${cursor} You can activate this by typing sysout followed by CTRL+SPACE What useful Java code templates do you currently use? Include the name and des...

Eclipse Plugin

I want to get notified when an editor is opened in Eclipse. What is the best way to do that? Thanks in advance. ...

Simultaneous Java and Scala development within the same project

I want to leverage the Scala's Actor Framework while I develop the user interface in the familiar Swing way. Is it possible to have a mixed Java - Scala project in Eclipse, NetBeans or any other IDE? ...

How to get the output classes path of the project in the eclipse plugin

Hi, I want to get the absolute path of the output folder. It may be a link to a folder outside the workspace. Thanks in advance ...

What does combineaccessrules mean in Eclipse classpaths?

This has been bugging me for years now, and I thought one of you fine people would know - in Eclipse's .classpath files, what is the combineaccessrules attribute of the classpathentry element actually used for? I can see in the Java Build Path config dialog that it can be maniuplated, but I can't think of a good use case for it. If I m...

Eclipse Key Bindings Conflicts

Hi all, I am extending eclipse's platform with my own view. This view contains one action in its toolbar. I want to create a key binding shortcut associated to Ctrl+R for this actions. To do that I created a my.context (my context extends org.eclipse.ui.window context), my.command and a my.command.binding extensions. Then when my view...

What libraries are there for processing XML on Google App Engine/Java Servlet

I'm writing a Java servlet in Eclipse (to be hosted on Google App Engine) and need to process an XML document. What libraries are available that are easy to add to an Eclipse project and have good example code? ...

Eclipse vs VS IDE Unit Testing a class

In Eclipse you can right click on a class (even if it is a web project) that has a main method and run or debug it. It facilitates for quick testing. In Visual Studio when you want to run a specific class, how do you do it, without having to change the start up class etc..? ...

How do I get Eclipse to run all of my Groovy unit tests?

I have an Eclipse project with many unit tests written in Groovy. I can run the tests in each individual class using Eclipse's GUnit run configuration. I open this configuration, select the "Run a single test" radio button, and select the class whose tests I want to run. This works fine, however I want to run all of the tests in the the ...

Change text on button in eclipse header on the fly

I'm creating a view in eclipse to display stack traces, and I want to have the view accessible from a button in the header. So I'm creating an extension using the plugin.xml framework, like this basically: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.commands"> <command categoryId="com.commands.category" id="commands.tracing" ...