Re: [eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Dec 7, 2005

[Michael Van Meekeren <Michael_Van_Meekeren@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Platform UI:
- General:
  - Doc fixing
  - converting website to new style
  - worked on using FilteredTree in import, export,
and new wizards
- Bug Fixing:
  - Working Sets bugs
  - performance bug investigations
- Builds:
- Flexible Workspaces:
  - made the new wizards URI aware
-ICU4J
  - met to discuss technical issues of implementation
of ICU4J in Eclipse and 
    build issues
  - worked out logistics of getting ICU4J into
build 
- JFace:
  - SWT.VIRTUAL support for JFace TreeViewer
(bug 112000, work in progress)
  - Support for multiple equal elements in the
JFace TreeViewer (bug 84314, work in progress)
  - Data Binding (changes being contributed...
thanks)
- Logical Model Support:
  - understanding and elaborating scenario for
editor dirty state and save/close 
    lifecycle when multiple editors or views
share same model
- Problems view:
  - Performance enhancements
- New Committers:
  - Congratulations to Eric Moffatt and Karice
McIntyre on 
    being voted in for Platform UI commit
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Mike Wilson/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
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 Status 
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Debug: 
- released implementation of asynchronous table viewer to HEAD
- support to resume all suspened Java threads when selecting debug
  target (vm) 
- copy button on "Installed JREs" page to quickly create alternate
  configurations of installed JREs 
- contiuned work on classpath editing 
- infrastructure and UI for contributing and selecting a JRE for 
  buildpath/classpath based on profile (execution environment)
  - PDE will contribute JRE profiles/environments
- new reuseable API actions for breakpoints in editor rulers
  (enable/disable and abstract action that works on breakpoint in
ruler) 
- new API to allow a debugger to override standard instuction pointer
  annotations (IInstructionPointerPresentation)
- bug fixing 

JDT Core: 
- resumed discussion on library project feature request: 
  NEED USECASES at: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=80162
- added API for anticipating consequences of clean/build on output folders
  @see IJavaProject#computeCleanedFolders()
- added API for finding secondary types in model
  @see IJavaProject#findType(..., IProgressMonitor)
  Old findType(...) methods are not searching for secondary types,
which 
  required indexes to be ready, and could take a while.
- added API to remove both index file from a given location and its 
  corresponding Index in IndexManager cache.
  @see SearchParticipant#removeIndex(IPath)
- added API to change the output location as well as the classpath without
  touching resources (required to enable split refactoring). Note
that such 
  a transient operation is not persisted across sessions, nor shared
in source 
  control. 
  @see IJavaProject#setRawClasspath( 
     IClasspathEntry[], IPath, boolean, IProgressMonitor)
- added constant constant JavaCore#JAVA_SOURCE_CONTENT_TYPE to retrieve
  the Java source content type from the content type manager
  @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentTypeManager#getContentType(String)
- considering additions to 3.2 plan items 
- tuned compiler codegen to optimize even better loops where condition
  is guessed to be false (note: code below is sampled from real code)
: 
    public class X { 
      final static boolean DBG = false;
      void foo2(X x) { 
        while (x.DBG) // not a true constant per spec
since 'x' is not a constant 
          boolean b = x.DBG;
      } 
  now produces bytecode: 
    void foo2(X x); 
      0  return 
- almost finalized: 
  - stackmap table attribute (Java SE6) - should be released for M4
  - incremental compiler participant API - should be released for
M4 
  - null ref analysis - deferred until early M5
- made progress on (more) robust DOM AST using diagnose info to drive
  automated statement/_expression_ recovery. Should handle simple cases
  by M4 (like missing semicolon). 
- in progress: converting JDT/Core to EFS. Planned to be finalized by M4.
  Issue: handling of JARs is not sufficient in EFS. Need EFS to be
augmented. 
- bug fixing 

JDT UI: 
- refactorings: 
  - improved performance and better name matching for 'update similar
names' 
  - working on API stability features (delegate creation) in Rename
Method, 
    Rename Field, Move Static Members, Change Signature, Introduce
Parameter 
  - cleanup and testing of JAR import and CVS catch-up
  - investigated with Team on possible UIs for CVS catch-up
  - investigated rendering of Java Model with incoming refactorings
in 
    Sync Dialog 
- clean up action: 
  - released 'use enhanced for loop when possible'
- new API: 
  - added search API to programmatically do a text search
- catching-up with new platform features: 
  - investigated in supporting multi quick fixes in the problems view
    (discussions in progress) 
  - investigated in hierarchical problems view support for Java problems
    (discussions in progress) 
  - discussions with platform.team about resource operation validation
and 
    logical model support 
  - adapted build scripts for new Bundle-Version story
- miscellaneous: 
  - new plug-in org.eclipse.jdt.core.manipulation
  - implemented an wizard to perform the migration to ICU4J (for internal
use) 
  - moving jdt-ui-home to the org.eclipse repository
  - bug fixing 

Platform/JDT Text: 
- Javadoc for hovers and Javadoc view is now also looking in attached Javadoc
- cut and delete line actions now operate on selected lines
- migrated most of existing Platform Text code to work with multi-fonts
  added bugs for remaining issues 
- made a prototype that uses different fonts for syntax coloring in the
  Java editor 
- bug fixing 
- bug inbox tracking 
- military service 

Rel. Eng.: 
- 3.2M4 build schedule posted here: 
  http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-releng/buildSchedule.html
- equinox downloads page tweaked 
- preparation to move the RH ES WS4 for JUnit testing post this week's
  integration build 
- test builds for changes in PDE Build 

PDE: 
- target management: 
  - wizard to create a .target file where all the target profile data
is 
    stored 
  - created a new org.eclipse.pde.core.targetProfiles extension point
to 
    register pre-canned target profiles
  - target profile editor is in progress
  - target platform preference page now has a Launching Arguments
tab to 
    specify program/VM arguments. Values on that tab are used
as a 
    template to initialize new PDE launch configurations.
- execution environment (EE): 
  - leveraged the new org.eclipse.jdt.launching.executionEnvironments
    extension point by creating extensions for all pre-defined
OSGi 
    EE profiles 
  - New EE analyzer that examines a given VM and return the list of
    execution environments that it supports
- product editor: 
  - it is now possible to specify platform-specific program/VM arguments
    in a single product file. This allows the creation of
    platform-specific <launcher>.ini files during a cross-platform
export 
  - tabs, tabs, tabs! --  CTabFolders are now being used in the
Launcher 
    tab for more efficient real estate usage.
- comparing manifest.mf files: 
  - new compare merge viewers that show manifest.mf structural differences
    and syntax highlighting when synchronizing/comparing manifest.mf
files 
  - very pretty 
- miscellaneous: 
  - updated all manifest files to use .qualifer in their versions
and to 
    specify version numbers on their required bundles.
  - bug fixing 

Install/Update: 
- work continues on moving to simple configurator API
- one-step feature unsintall work started; 'Uninstall' operation
  unconfigures, saves a cookie for itself and restarts; upon startup,
it 
  completes the uninstall based on the cookie info

User Assistance: 
- linkability: 
  - work continues on the command-based support for linkability;  need
to 
    enhance the command support to get commands to accept Objects
for 
    parameters. 
- cheatsheets/solution guides: 
  - solution guides proposal will be published on the UA home page
in a 
    day or two 
  - solution guide prototype working 
- Help: 
  - more work on anchor contributions into a dynamic Help page.  (80%
done) 
  - more work in search participants; API and core support in place;
    cheatsheets now part of the help search; welcome content
will be 
    next 
  - work continues on the JFace dialog trays. Hope to get the code
    integrated by the end of the week.
- UI Forms: 
  - work continues with the visual designers on the animated status
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