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It would be helpful if there were a general filter mechanism provided by Platform UI that would allow plugins to provide resource filters that could be applied to resource views (e.g. Navigator, Package Explorer, etc). Here are some example cases were such a mechanism would be helpful. The JDT UI provides several filters on their views related to properties on various resources (Jave element, non-Java element, package, etc.). A request has been made for a filter that shows shard projects (see bug 21896). Although Team does provide API to give them this and JDT UI can referecne the team plugin, the problem is that a JDT filter will be specific to the JDT UI and would have to be reimplemented by other views that wanted the same filter. Another example of a useful filter would be to show CVS resources that are dirty. This could only be done in a plugin that references the CVS plugin. Therefore, such a filter could never be provided for the JDT UI or Navigator unless a general filter definition mechanism were created.
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.
