### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.equinox.app
Index: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
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RCS file: /cvsroot/rt/org.eclipse.equinox/compendium/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.app/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21 MANIFEST.MF
--- META-INF/MANIFEST.MF	21 Oct 2009 18:22:08 -0000	1.21
+++ META-INF/MANIFEST.MF	7 Jan 2010 16:15:23 -0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.equinox.app; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.2.100.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 1.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.Activator
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
Index: src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplication.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/rt/org.eclipse.equinox/compendium/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.app/src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplication.java,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 IApplication.java
--- src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplication.java	20 May 2009 20:00:21 -0000	1.8
+++ src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplication.java	7 Jan 2010 16:15:23 -0000
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 	/**
 	 * Exit object requesting that the command passed back be executed.  Typically
 	 * this is used to relaunch Eclipse with different command line arguments.  When the executable is
-	 * relaunched the command line will be retrieved from the <code>eclipse.exitdata</code> system property.  
+	 * relaunched the command line will be retrieved from the 
+	 * {@link IApplicationContext#EXIT_DATA_PROPERTY eclipse.exitdata} system property.  
 	 */
 	public static final Integer EXIT_RELAUNCH = new Integer(24);
 
Index: src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplicationContext.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/rt/org.eclipse.equinox/compendium/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.app/src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplicationContext.java,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 IApplicationContext.java
--- src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplicationContext.java	17 Apr 2008 14:45:49 -0000	1.10
+++ src/org/eclipse/equinox/app/IApplicationContext.java	7 Jan 2010 16:15:23 -0000
@@ -25,6 +25,32 @@
  * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
  */
 public interface IApplicationContext {
+
+	/**
+	 * A system property that may be set by an application to specify exit data
+	 * for the application. The value of the property must be a <code>String</code>.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Typically applications do not need to set this property.  If an error is detected
+	 * while launching or running an application then the launcher will set this property 
+	 * automatically in order to display a message to the end user.  An application may
+	 * set this property for the following reasons:
+	 * <ul>
+	 *   <li>To provide the command line arguments to relaunch the eclipse platform.  See
+	 *   {@link IApplication#EXIT_RELAUNCH}</li>
+	 *   <li>To provide an error message that will be displayed to the end user.  This will
+	 *   cause an error dialog to be displayed to the user, this option should not be used
+	 *   by headless applications.</li>
+	 *   <li>To suppress all error dialogs displayed by the launcher this property can be 
+	 *   set to the empty <code>String</code>.  This is useful for 
+	 *   headless applications where error dialogs must never be displayed.</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * </p>
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	// TODO need to document the format for providing error messages
+	// TODO may need to document the format for the command line to relaunch
+	public static final String EXIT_DATA_PROPERTY = "eclipse.exitdata"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 	/**
 	 * A key used to store arguments for the application.  The content of this argument 
 	 * is unchecked and should conform to the expectations of the application being invoked.