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Generation of folders during eclipse .product file export [message #988878]

Mon, 03 December 2012 09:19

Santhosh Hari
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Registered: March 2010

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Hello everyone !!

Recently when I was generating a RCP from a .product file using the export option available in eclipse, I got this doubt. Few plugins get exported as jars but few get exported as folders. Any one is aware why this behavior? What is making the plugin to get exported as jars and folders ?

thanks,
Santhosh

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Re: Generation of folders during eclipse .product file export [message #988994 is a reply to message #988878]

Tue, 04 December 2012 03:18

Richard Meyer
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Registered: June 2012

Junior Member

Make your product based on features(.product-file -> overview tab -> "The product configuration is based on: features".
Create a feature and add your plug-ins to the feature.xml.
In the feature.xml file in the tab Plug-ins select the feature you like to export as folder and select the check box "Unpck the plug-in after the installation"

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Re: Generation of folders during eclipse .product file export [message #989397 is a reply to message #988994]

Wed, 05 December 2012 23:52

Santhosh Hari
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Registered: March 2010

Junior Member

Thanks Richard for your reply. Just to add to that,I got to know if in a plugin if some data is required to be written at runtime or any of its dependent jars has such a requirement, then while exporting, this plugin gets exported as folder instead of jar.
This can be visualised as follows:

Open the plugin.xml in plug-in manifest editor of eclipse. Go to Runtime tab.
In the class path if it is mentioned as runtime or the jars added here has such dependency, then this plugin when included in a .product file and then exported ,it will be exported as folders instead of jars.

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