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You should be able to go: File -> Import From -> CVS Select a CVS project, it is imported to the local machine. Then Eclipse JDT should scan the project and identify what directories contain source files and configure the project as such. It should also automatically pick up ant/maven/etc... files. At the moment, when I import from CVS, I get no 'Java' tabs in the Project Properties window, and apparently no way to add the 'Java' tabs into said window.
Is there something that can be done at the UI level ?
JDT doesn't know CVS, and CVS doesn't know Java. What could be done is a extension point offered by team, called when a project is imported, that allows JDT to detect and configure the new project.
I'm not sure that approach will scale. If there are 100 implementors of that extension, would CVS instantiate them all to see if they want to configure the project? This would lead to a lot of plug-ins being activated that the user may never actually use. However, this type of solution could be considered if there was a declarative way for JDT (and other tools) to provide a project tester (e.g. if the project contains files with the .java extension). We could use the EFS API to perform the declarative tests before any code is loaded.
Agree that the design needs to avoid unnecessary plugin activation. Some ideas: - Offer a UI: Import as 'Java project', 'PDE project', 'C project'... and let the user choose - As you suggest, have declarative tests as expressions on the extensions to get good candidates
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