Re: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] Extension registry evolution - cross-post

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Well this is nice if you contribute one object but what to do if you
want to contribute a more complex structure like:

<sash class="my.ASash">
  <stack class="my.AStack">
    <view-part label="View 1" class="my.V1"></view-part>
    <view-part label="View 2" class="my.V1"></view-part>
  </stack>
</sash>

My current idea is still that I want to contribute such a structure
using EMF (a special extension-point so that no-one needs to depend on EMF).

Tom

Christian Campo schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I think having IConfigurationElements mapped to actual Java objects is a
> very good idea. The Riena project is using that now for roughly 4 month
> with an implementation in its codebase that allows to
> 
> - create Java objects from Extensions
> - define Interfaces for the ExtensionPoint schema
> - inject the Java Objects into any object that is interested in its
> information (making the using code independant of extensions but simply
> dependant on the interface object)
> - automatically re-injects the Objects if extensions are added or
> removed (by installing uninstalling bundles)
> - create java instances for those attributes where the type is java
> 
> Riena has defined an API that uses Extensions and OSGi Services in a
> very similar way. You can inject Services or Extensions using one API.
> We have a short not yet complete description in the
> wiki http://wiki.eclipse.org/Riena_Getting_Started_with_injecting_services_and_extensions 
> and of course the code is in the latest M4 build of Riena
> (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Riena_Getting_started) and we have quite a
> number of Testcases to show how injecting Extensions and Services works
> using the API.
> 
> cheers
> 
> christian campo
> 
> Am 24.09.2008 um 21:20 schrieb Oleg Besedin:
> 
>>
>> [Cross-posted from the equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>]
>>
>> What would you like to see in the extension registry 2010?
>>
>> If you have an opinion on how the extension registry can be improved,
>> please visit:
>>
>>         http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_Extension_Registry_Work
>>
>>         https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=248340
>>
>> and leave your comments!
>>
>> So far we have identified several potential areas:
>>
>> - Create typed Java objects instead of forcing you to crawl through
>> IConfigurationElements  (see
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_Extension_Registry_Work_Objects for
>> details)
>> - Expand ability to programmatically modify extension registry
>> - Add support for non-singleton bundles
>>
>> Does this sound like something you'd like to see in Eclipse?
>>
>> (Please use this mailing list for general discussions and bug / wiki
>> for more detailed comments.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Oleg
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