eclipse: what’s new in 3.1
(excerpt covering web tools)
Erich Gamma
IBM Research – OTI Labs
Eclipse Project Management Committee
erich_gamma@ch.ibm.com
Jochen Krause
Innoopract Informationssysteme
Web Tools Project Management Committee
jkrause@innoopract.com
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse platform 3.1
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
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what is webtools?
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tools & platform for web development
 tools to make web artifacts first class citizens of the eclipse ide
 a platform for tool developers
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web standard tools (WST)
 XML, DTD, Schema, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
 Internet Browser, Web Services, (SQL)
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j2ee standard tools (JST)
 Servlets, JSPs, EJBs
 Server Support (run, debug)
 Java Web Services
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looking back
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first anouncement of a web tools project almost 2 years ago
scope not clearly defined
no resources available
project was “drifting” along without much happening but a couple of
changes in leadership
 eclipsecon 2004 was starting point for project reboot
 ObjectWeb took initial leadership, IBM contributed code and resources,
companies like eteration, Innoopract and others are contributing
 real project start in july 2004
 BEA took co-lead with ObjectWeb in febuary 05
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project scope
W3C, OASIS,..
de jure
WST
HTML, XML, CSS,
JS, WSDL, SOAP,
UDDI
JCP – J2EE
JST
Servlet, JSP, EJB,
JAX-RPC, JAXP,
JDBC
JSF
Web
JDO
PHP
Struts
CGI
Spring
Flash
de facto
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Hibernate
Cocoon
Java
Web
web tools platform architecture
JST
EJB
J2EE
Core
Annotations
Projects
Modules
Java WS
Servlets
Web
resources
JDT
XML
Web
Projects
Navigator
Views
Advanced
Server
Runtime Common
JSP
Web
Services
WTP
RDB
SQL
Server
Runtime
WST
Advanced
Apache
Internet
Basis
Xerces
Validation Command Common
Axis
Frameworks
EMF
GEF
JEM
WSVT
Tools Platform
Projects/Resources
Debugging
* from EclipseCon 05 – Ryman / Dai Webtools Platform
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on the way to 1.0
Eclipse
3.1
Q3
Kickoff
Q4
M1 M1
M2 M3 M2
M4
2005
Q1
M5
M3M7
M6
Q2
M4
M5
JAX
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1.0
outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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structured source editing
 platform* for web tools editing capabilities
 differs from eclipse text editing component
 parts of the editor are configurable with respect to platform content type or
even with respect to the document partition types within a document
 IStructuredDocument <-> IDocument – for documents that have the concept
of a syntactically determined end
 source page validation (as you type) per content type / partition type
 structured models and model management
 provides a StructuredModel, appropriate to contentType, that can be shared
between many clients
*only provisional API available for 1.0
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content types
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source editing features
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syntax highlighting
outline view
delimiter highlighting
content assist (except DTD)
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html
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„as you type“ validation
structured selection
block comment
toggle comment
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css, javascript
 content assist
 outline view
 bracket matching
css only
 property view
 structured selection
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css, javascript in action
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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xml
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component provides (provisional) api
xml catalog
dom parser that works with „ill formed“ text
content model
easy to extend*:
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provide your own outline view
extend content assist
support open on, spell checking, character pair matching
validation
multipage editors (e.g. adding a preview)
* Do, 8:30 EC12, X10 Erstellung eigener XML-Editoren mit Eclipse Web Tools
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xml in action
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xml design editor
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xsd
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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internet
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internal browser moved to base eclipse M6
internet cache
internet proxy
internet monitor
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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extending run / debug to servers
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contributes to eclipse debug component
introduces runtime, server, module
provides extensible framework for creating server integration
server view – start, stop, deploy, debug, add/remove modules
debug j2ee servers that are JSR45 compatible
generic j2ee server support (server definition by xml)
built in support for tomcat 3, 4, 5
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generic server support
 xml based meta information
 validated against an XSD
 definition devided in two parts
 runtime definition (start, stop, publisher, classpath)
 properties (values are provided per server)
 properties can by provided using flexible server tooling UI
 ANT build file based publisher is available part of the core package
 generic server definitions for jboss 3.2.3, jonas, weblogic 8.1
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server support in action
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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j2ee
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adds perspective for j2ee development
create j2ee module structures and artifacts within projects
import j2ee deployable archives (not in M4)
export development modules into a deployable j2ee archive (not in M4)
validate j2ee artifacts to ensure compliance with the specification
annotation support (currently xdoclet)
provide navigable EMF model representations of the j2ee artifact and
deployment descriptors within the Project Explorer
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flexible project
 allows arbitrary development time
directory structures
 support for war, ejb-jar, ear,
application-client, connector
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servlets
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jsp
 content assist for
html
jsp
embedded java
embedded javascript
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validate as you type
custom tag support
refactoring participation
semantic highlighting
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jsp debugging*
* only available with JSR45 compliant servers, e.g. Tomcat >=5
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outline
 what is new in the eclipse webtools platform 1.0
 structured source editing
 XML, XSD, WSDL
 internet
 server tools
 j2ee
 web service tools
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wsdl
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web service tools
 WSDL editor
 graphical and source modes
 integrated XSD editor
 web service explorer
 query and publish to UDDI
 dynamically execute WSDL
 web service wizard
 wizards for top down (WSDL) and bottom up (java class) ws creation
 extension points for code gen, deploy, test, etc.
 WS-I test tools
 validate WSDL and SOAP for WS-I compliance
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the matrix … reloaded
Refactoring
Quick Fix
Quick Assist
Red sea
Structured Selection
In place Outline
Find Occurrences
Unused warnings
Open Declaration
Web Style Links
Hovering
Delimiter Highlighting
Delimiter Insertion
Code Assist
Folding
Auto Indent
Formatting
Java Editor XML JSP
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conclusions
Erich
 download M7…
Jochen
 not yet perfect, but a great step forward
 download webtools and the compatible milestone – wtp M4 – eclipse M6
 if you are a tool producer your feedback on apis is welcome
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references
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eclipse – http://eclipse.org
eclipse community – http://eclipse.org/community
eclipse plug-in central - http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com
eclipsepowered - http://www.eclipsepowered.org
planet eclipse http://planeteclipse.org/planet/
eclipse RCP – http://eclipse.org/rcp
 webtools – http://eclipse.org/webtools
 webtools tutorials http://eclipse.org/webtools/community/community.html
 webtools backport to 3.0.2 - http://yoxos.com/
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