[ecf-dev] org.eclipse.ecf.provider

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

I wanted to let people know that:

1) I'm in the process of modifying/enhancing the 'RCPChat' RCP 
application created by Ed Burnette of eclipsezone.  He wants to have an 
RCP version of ECF (XMPP provider services only), and has created a 
simple version of that app...I'm a) removing the collab plugin from this 
app; b) Making a simplified 'Connect' dialog w/o all the support for 
multiple providers

2) The org.eclipse.ecf.provider plugin previously declared two 
extensions of the ECF containerFactory extension point: the generic 
client and generic server.  Since some ECF providers depend upon the 
classes in org.eclipse.ecf.provider, but not on the actual generic 
client/server (e.g. XMPP) the inclusion of these extensions in the 
org.eclipse.ecf.provider plugin.xml is inappropriate.  That plugin 
(org.eclipse.ecf.provider) *shouldn't* declare the extensions...a poor 
choice on my part.  So, I've removed the declarations from 
org.eclipse.ecf.provider/plugin.xml and placed them in 
org.eclipse.ecf.example.collab...where they are actually needed for 
running the ECF collab application.

Scott