JDT Core 3.6 Plan

Last revised 2009/09/15

This plan is under continuous refinement. Please send comments about this plan to the jdt-core-dev@eclipse.org developer mailing list.

Overall Goals

This section lists the goals for Eclipse 3.6 for the JDT Core component as listed on the Eclipse Project 3.6 Draft Plan.

[1] Performance. Monitor overall performance and memory consumption which includes the addition of new performance tests for new features.

[2] Reliability. Provide APIs for clients where needed and fix critical bugs.

[3] Keep Eclipse vibrant and attractive. Deliver new productivity features like easier project setup or e4 compatibility.

[4] Platform Support. Add support for Java 7 and make sure we run on Windows 7.

Work Items

This section lists the possible work items for Eclipse 3.6 for the JDT Text and the JDT UI component with the [corresponding theme]. Some of those items have a higher priority than others.

• Java 7 [4]

  • implement the jsr 308 (Annotations on type)
  • implement the jsr 294 (module support) when available
  • implement the jsr 292 (invokedynamic support) when available
  • implement proposals for the coin project (depending on getting access to the specification)

• Windows 7 Support [4]

  • make sure that all JDT/Core tests passed on Windows 7 for 3.5 maintenance and 3.6 stream.
  • fix bugs that arise during test pass

• API [2]

• Performance And Memory Consumption [1]

  • constantly watch performance test results and act when red
  • continue to provide new tests

• General Items

  • 3.5.x maintenance work [all]
  • look at bugs with patches and review those

General Items

• [2] 3.5.1 maintenance work [all]
• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] deliver 3.5.1 [all]
• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] 3.5.2 maintenance work [all]
• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Java 7 support

• [4] investigate jsr 308 support (bug 287648) [srikanth]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] 3.5.1 maintenance work [all]
• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Java 7 support

• [4] investigate jsr 308 support (bug 287648) [srikanth]
  A new branch "JSR_308" has been created to reflect the work on that jsr.
• [1] improve memory consumption for APT processing (bug 288211) [satyam]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] 3.5.2 maintenance work [all]
• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Java 7 support

• [4] investigate jsr 308 support (bug 287648) [srikanth]
  A new branch "JSR_308" has been created to reflect the work on that jsr.

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Java 7 support

• [4] investigate jsr 308 support (bug 287648) [srikanth]
  A new branch "JSR_308" has been created to reflect the work on that jsr.

Bug fixes

• Bug 281551 - [build path] Source attachments wrong for automatically added libraries[Jay]
• Bug 294057 - [1.5][compiler] Imports not resolved correctly with generics and inner interfaces[Srikanth]
• Bug 300783 - [compiler] private Instance Variable hides public Inner class[Srikanth]
• Bug 300940 - Buffer of opened external CU (*.java file) is not updated while typing[Olivier]
• Bug 271121 - code assist takes way too long[Satyam]
• Bug 289057 - Java Content Assist taking too long[Satyam]

API

• Bug 252431 - New API is needed to better identify referenced jars in the Class-Path: entry[Jay]
• Bug 283806 - New API is needed to attach source code for referenced jars in the Class-Path: entry[Jay]
• Bug 246594 - [model] API request: ITypeParameter#getBoundsSignatures() or #getSignature()[Jay]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

General Items

• [2] bug fixing [all]
• [3] 3.6 planning [olivier]

Bug fixes

• Bug 59891 - [formatter] improve lines wrapping in nested method calls [Frédéric]

Permanent Items

• bugzilla inbox tracking
• bug fixing (fixed) (all) (unresolved) (resolved)
• watch performance tests

• find a bug report
• report a bug