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Singleton plug-ins for multiple launches, how separate data/behavior for each launch? [message #684896]

Thu, 16 June 2011 08:51

Eclipse User

I am concerned about the way plug-ins are supposed to behave in managing multiple launches/environments. As most plug-ins in Eclipse are singleton, it seems that a Plug-in is instantiated once and after that it is used for all launches/environments. From this perspective it seems that a plug-in just adds necessary components/functionality to Eclipse and provides static methods. However, it has to keep data/behavior for each launch/environment separated in some way. Here is my question: Is there any standard approach (e.g., a set of predefined classes/interfaces) for this data/behavior separation or, does every plug-in manages it in its own way?

[Updated on: Thu, 16 June 2011 08:55] by Moderator

Re: Singleton plug-ins for multiple launches, how separate data/behavior for each launch? [message #685317 is a reply to message #684896]

Fri, 17 June 2011 05:07

Eclipse User

I decided to investigate a little bit. I looked at Eclipse Debug Package. This package is a rich collection of plug-ins working together to provide services for multiple launches/environments debugging.

In this package, a launch state is encapsulated in objects instantiated from Launch and DebugTarget. However the access to these data is not limited to any object or thread. The design is mainly based on event dispatchers and listeners. It provides flexibility for adding new features, but less control over data accesses and state transitions. In particular, developers have to be careful about concurrency issues.

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