[eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] [resources] Resource Folder filters

[Serge Beauchamp <serge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

We're working on a "Resource Folder Filter" feature that, a little bit 
like Visual Studio does, allows to control which files and folders are 
picked up when a refresh is performed in the workspace on a folder.

The Resource Folder Filter works very simply by the ability to set a 
list of filters (which can be extended with a core resource extension 
point) on a IFolder, whether it is a standard folder or linked resource, 
and the option to make it "inherited", in which cases it applies to all 
its children folders. 

A filter can be defined to either "include only" or "exclude all" files 
and folders matching a given criteria

A default filter is available that allows the user to specify an 
"include only" filter that match a string pattern, such as "*.c;*.h".

This feature will allow significant performance and scalability 
improvement for users having a large file system tree, as as opposed to 
hidden resources, filtered files and folders are not created in the 
resource tree, so don't consume needlessly resources.

Let me know what you guys think, thanks!

Serge Beauchamp.
Software Engineer
Freescale Semiconductor