Hello JDT Community,
I was encouraged by the Adoptium and IDE teams to reach out here for early feedback on a concept I am currently exploring. The idea has already been discussed on the Adoptium Incubator mailing list, and the suggestion was to gather early input from the JDT community as well.
The concept is to develop a lightweight Eclipse plugin that assists users with discovering, downloading, and installing Eclipse Adoptium (Temurin) JDKs directly from within the IDE, and then registering them for use in Java projects.
The intention is not to modify JDT internals, but rather to:
- Leverage existing JDT mechanisms for JDK usage
- Provide optional preferences/dialogs that help users obtain and configure JDKs more easily
- Keep the plugin installable alongside JDT without requiring changes to JDT itself
Before refining the proposal further, I wanted to ask:
- Does this appear complementary to JDT’s existing functionality?
- Are there scope considerations or existing efforts I should be aware of?
- Would this be better positioned entirely as an external plugin rather than something closely aligned with JDT?
I would greatly appreciate any early feedback or direction from the community.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Daksh Sharma
