[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Feb 1, 2006

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Status
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Debug:
- bug fixing
- EclipseCon preparation
- investigating support for debug model specified
columns in tree viewers
- support for incremental updates in asynch tree viewer
- support to display Java thread groups in debug view
(via view
  drop-down toggle)
- API to contribute pre-configured IVMInstall via
new extension point
  vmInstalls
- API to allow debuggers to derive watch _expression_
from variable for
  "Create Watch _expression_..." action
(see IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapter)
- enhanced consolePatternMatchListeners extension
to support the use of
  string variable substitutions

JDT UI:
- added option to deprecate generated delegates (and
refactoring script)
  during refactoring
- cleaned up UI to create a refactoring script
- consolidated API of org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring
- prepared Pull Up refactoring to implement Extract
Supertype
- Serial Version Clean Up
- added pre-delta notification support to the following
refactorings:
  all rename, move, and copy cases, extract method,
inline method
  and self encapsulate field.
- working on Java problem groups with Platform UI
- changed JDT UI to use AST statement recovery
- worked on new JUnit view - will go into next week's
I-build
- explored suitability of new jface.fieldassist for
applications in
  JDT UI
- bugfixing

Search:
- new text search UI

JDT Core:
- added API org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IVariableBinding#isParameter()
- added API BindingKey#toSignature() to transform
a binding key into 
  a resolved signature
- added marker attribute "categoryId" onto
Java problem markers
- added API WorkingCopyOwner#newWorkingCopy(String,IClasspathEntry[],
  IProblemRequestor,IProgressMonitor) for editing
compilation units 
  outside the workspace
- consolidated statement recovery in Parser. Temporary
option 
  JavaCore.COMPILER_STATEMENTS_RECOVERY got removed
- improving tagging of recovered DOM AST nodes
- added support for null reference analysis (no UI
pref yet). Engaging
  more actions to better recognize typical programming
patterns and 
  reduce false hits (could also consider using
annotations, but requires
  1.5 + custom libs on buildpath: e.g. @org.eclipse.annotations.Nullable)
- considering adding custom search patterns: e.g.
search for synchronization
  on certain type instances or member usages.
- bug fixing

Platform/JDT Text:
- finished API for content assist sorting
- started to finalize APIs introduced in 3.2 (in progress)
- adopted new JDT Core API to create working copy
for non-workspace
  *.java files
- provided feedback for field assist support from
Platform UI (in progress)
- released new document undo manager based on operation
history
  (refined patches from Platform UI)
- bug fixing
- bugzilla inbox tracking
- 1 day absence due to relocation

Platform UI:
- general:
  - progress view polish
  - investigating ways for trim layout to behave
more like SWT layout
  - prototyped multi-instance view labeling for
Debug and Team
- API: 
  - tweaked FilteredTree class; released as draft
API 
   (along with PatternFilter) into org.eclipse.ui.dialogs
(bug 74795).
  - implementation and API to render Bidi files
paths (and other strings 
    with special semantic meaning) correctly
(bug 119517).
  - bug 29840 [WorkbenchParts] Need API to get
the zoomed state 
    of a workbench page
  - considering Bug 40348 [ViewMgmt] PageBook
does not support 
    IPostSelectionProvider (was: JavaDoc
& Declaration view and fast 
    selection changes)
- builds:
  - working with runtime Core team and Sonia
to define specifics of the build
    process for jarred plugins contributed
by third parties - e.g. ICU4J
- Commands:
  - changed new Keys preference page to use a
new subclass of FilteredTree
  - bug fixing
  - typed return values from commands
  - new parameterized commands for help
  - working on menu visibility and layout
  - started work on menu rendering
  - add IContext Service and deprecate IKeyBindingService
- JFace:
  - promoting use of field decorators in JDT
- logical model support:
  - developed example modeling RSM's save lifecycle
issues
  - developed and released IDocument / IDocumentSource
solution to save 
    lifecycle issues (ongoing)
- problems view:
  - Problems view extension API
- RCP:
  - reviewed coolbar theming patch (bug 123257)

Workspace:
- support for using history pages in compares
- polishing up model synchronize
- API to support remote browsing and workspace population
using EFS
- refining pre-delta validation

User Assistance:
- added filtering support to Intro XML and XHMTL implementations
to match
  that in help
- a patch to add the help button to a number of dialogs
is currently
  under review by the UI team
- added JUnit tests to test dynamic content in Intro
- work continues on the new shared Welcome implementation
- cheat sheets:
  - composite cheat sheets released into HEAD
  - implementing Memento-based state saving mechanism
  - taking a look at the APIs now
- linkability:
  - new commands added (showing preferences,
Update dialogs, showing
    URLs in the browser)
  - more useful commands to come
  - added the ability to capture the return value:
    - this feature is employed in cheat
sheets to pass the return value
      to the subsequent command as
a parameter

PDE:
- PDE source lookup plan item completed
- multiple locations can now be specified when defining
a target
- work continues on XML structural compare (to be
used for all PDE-based
  XML files)
- 2.1 compatibility removed (but migration tool is
still in so that people
  can migrate to 3.0+ bundle-based world)
- bug fixes