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[wtp-dev] The Big Picture

So in my quest to understand the "Common Project", I've been writing a little utility that can analyze plugin dependencies and produce a component-to-component dependencies (given component definitions). Until today, I've been mostly focused on understanding how the rest of WTP depends on common, but today I decided to let my utility show me the rest of the picture. Attached is the result.
 
I knew the dependency lines were not going to be clean, but I was a bit surprised by the result. There are four simple circles that can be easily spotted...
 
Java EE <-> Common (yikes!)
Java EE <-> EJB
Java EE <-> Server Tools
Java EE <-> Web Services
 
More complicated circles are also present, but these are harder to spot. One example is Web Services -> EJB -> Java EE -> Web Services.
 
It strikes me that we either have a lot of work ahead of us on refactoring the dependencies or these boxes aren't quite right. Maybe a bit of both.
 
Thoughts? Does any of this come as a surprise?
 
I used information found in http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/devProcess/wtpProjects/Refactor%20WTP%20Proposal.pdf as the definition of the component boundaries. I then ran my utility against 3.0 M1 installation which included WTP SDK and WTP automated tests. Let me know if the component membership as listed is not accurate and needs to be tweaked. The only two plugins that are not accounted for are org.eclipse.wst and org.eclipse.jst. Not sure where these would end up.
 
Common Component

org.eclipse.jem
org.eclipse.jem.beaninfo
org.eclipse.jem.proxy
org.eclipse.jem.tests
org.eclipse.jem.ui
org.eclipse.jem.util
org.eclipse.jem.workbench
org.eclipse.jst.common.annotations.controller
org.eclipse.jst.common.annotations.core
org.eclipse.jst.common.annotations.ui
org.eclipse.jst.common.frameworks
org.eclipse.jst.common.project.facet.core
org.eclipse.jst.validation.sample
org.eclipse.jst.validation.test
org.eclipse.wst.command.env
org.eclipse.wst.command.env.core
org.eclipse.wst.command.env.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.command.env.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.command.env.ui
org.eclipse.wst.common.core
org.eclipse.wst.common.emf
org.eclipse.wst.common.emfworkbench.integration
org.eclipse.wst.common.environment
org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks
org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.ui
org.eclipse.wst.common.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore
org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core
org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.ui
org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets
org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets.tests
org.eclipse.wst.common.tests
org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.collector
org.eclipse.wst.common.tests.ui
org.eclipse.wst.common.ui
org.eclipse.wst.common.ui.properties
org.eclipse.wst.common.uriresolver
org.eclipse.wst.internet.cache
org.eclipse.wst.internet.cache.tests
org.eclipse.wst.validation
org.eclipse.wst.validation.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.validation.ui
 
Server Component

org.eclipse.jst.server.core
org.eclipse.jst.server.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.core
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.jboss
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.jonas
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.oc4j
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.tests
org.eclipse.jst.server.generic.ui
org.eclipse.jst.server.installable
org.eclipse.jst.server.preview.adapter
org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core
org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.ui
org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.ui.tests
org.eclipse.jst.server.ui
org.eclipse.jst.server.ui.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.server.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.server.ui.tests
org.eclipse.jst.server.websphere.core
org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.core
org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.ui
org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.server.core
org.eclipse.wst.server.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.server.http.core
org.eclipse.wst.server.http.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.server.http.ui
org.eclipse.wst.server.preview
org.eclipse.wst.server.preview.adapter
org.eclipse.wst.server.ui
org.eclipse.wst.server.ui.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.server.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.server.ui.tests
 
Source Editors Component

org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core
org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsp.tests.encoding
org.eclipse.jst.jsp.ui
org.eclipse.jst.jsp.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.jsp.ui.tests
org.eclipse.jst.standard.schemas
org.eclipse.wst.css.core
org.eclipse.wst.css.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.css.tests.encoding
org.eclipse.wst.css.ui
org.eclipse.wst.css.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.dtd.core
org.eclipse.wst.dtd.ui
org.eclipse.wst.dtd.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.dtd.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.dtdeditor.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.html.core
org.eclipse.wst.html.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.html.tests.encoding
org.eclipse.wst.html.ui
org.eclipse.wst.html.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.html.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst._javascript_.core
org.eclipse.wst._javascript_.ui
org.eclipse.wst._javascript_.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.sse.core
org.eclipse.wst.sse.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.sse.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui
org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.standard.schemas
org.eclipse.wst.xml.core
org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.tests
org.eclipse.wst.xml.tests.encoding
org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui
org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.tests
org.eclipse.wst.xml.validation.tests
org.eclipse.wst.xmleditor.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.xsd.core
org.eclipse.wst.xsd.ui
org.eclipse.wst.xsd.validation.tests
org.eclipse.wst.xsdeditor.doc.user
 
Web Services Component

org.eclipse.jst.ws
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.consumption.core
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.consumption.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.consumption.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.creation.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis.ui.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.consumption.core
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.consumption.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.core
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.creation.core
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.creation.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.axis2.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.consumption
org.eclipse.jst.ws.consumption.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.ws.consumption.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.consumption.ui.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.ws.creation.ejb.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.creation.ui
org.eclipse.jst.ws.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.ws.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.ws.tests
org.eclipse.jst.ws.uddiregistry
org.eclipse.jst.ws.ui
org.eclipse.wst.ws
org.eclipse.wst.ws.explorer
org.eclipse.wst.ws.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.ws.parser
org.eclipse.wst.ws.tests
org.eclipse.wst.ws.ui
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.tests
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.tests.ui
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.ui
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.ui.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.validation
org.eclipse.wst.wsdl.validation.tests
org.eclipse.wst.wsi
org.eclipse.wst.wsi.tests
org.eclipse.wst.wsi.ui
org.eclipse.wst.wsi.ui.doc.user
 
Java EE Tools Component

org.eclipse.jst.doc.isv
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.core
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.infopop
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.jca
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.jca.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.navigator.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.tests
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.web
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.webservice
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.webservice.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.xdoclet.runtime
org.eclipse.jst.jee
org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui
org.eclipse.jst.jee.web
org.eclipse.jst.servlet.tests
org.eclipse.jst.servlet.ui
org.eclipse.jst.servlet.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.doc.isv
org.eclipse.wst.doc.user
org.eclipse.wst.web
org.eclipse.wst.web.ui
org.eclipse.wst.web.ui.infopop
org.eclipse.wst.webtools.doc.user
 
EJB Tools Component

org.eclipse.jst.ejb.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.ejb.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb.annotation.model
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb.annotations.emitter
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb.annotations.ui
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ejb.annotations.xdoclet
org.eclipse.jst.jee.ejb
 
JSF Component

org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common.ui
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.contentassist.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.context.symbol.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.core
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.core.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.designtime.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.doc.dev
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.doc.user
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.facesconfig
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.facesconfig.ui
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.metadata.tests
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.metadataprocessingtests2
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.standard.tagsupport
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.test.util
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.ui
org.eclipse.jst.jsf.ui.tests
org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner
org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner.jsf.ui
org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner.jsp.core
 
JPT Component

org.eclipse.jpt
org.eclipse.jpt.core
org.eclipse.jpt.core.tests
org.eclipse.jpt.core.tests.extension.resource
org.eclipse.jpt.db
org.eclipse.jpt.db.ui
org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user
org.eclipse.jpt.gen
org.eclipse.jpt.ui
org.eclipse.jpt.utility
org.eclipse.jpt.utility.tests
 
 

 


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