[handly-dev] Dependency on org.eclipse.core.resources

[Vladimir Piskarev <pisv@xxxxx>]

Just to keep everyone informed,

 

I was experimenting for a while with whether the dependency on o.e.core.resources could be made optional, so that Handly could be used in Eclipse RCP applications (there appears to be some interest in this, see e.g. a blog comment [1]). First results are encouraging -- I think it would be quite easy to do, thanks to how the JVM works wrt class loading.

 

I have incorporated my findings into the new design prototype (see the newmodel2 project attached), although it could be implemented in the existing design too. For details, please see the "first strategy" test case (model.test.Test). When o.e.core.resources bundle is not resolved, only testFooElementDelta2 and testFooElementDelta3 tests fail (as expected), all other tests pass.

 

Best regards,

Vladimir

 

[1] https://pisv.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/on-m-theory-and-h-models-or-can-emf-fit-every-nail/

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