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API baseline & target platform [message #734283]

Fri, 07 October 2011 07:32

Eclipse User

When using a target definition for RCP programming, shouldn't the API baseline use the bundles defined by the target platform?

If so, is there a way to set the api baseline to the target platform? Currently I did this by locating the target platform in

workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.pde.core\.bundle_pool\plugins

But I guess multiple targets might put there bundles there, so this won't work for multiple targets.

Re: API baseline & target platform [message #734356 is a reply to message #734283]

Fri, 07 October 2011 10:24

Eclipse User

The API Baseline is related to the target definition, but it shouldn't be your current target. It should be the previous release of the target. This way API Tools can recognize if you have changed/broken any API since the last release. If you add new API, the tooling will also suggest whether OSGi style version numbers need to increase (compared to the last release).

API Baselines are set on the preference page and they actually use target definition code underneath. However, this is not currently surfaced in the UI. See bug:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=324310

Since you only need to change your baseline after a release, I would suggest that you download a separate install over using the bundle_pool directory of a p2 target.

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