Re: [aspectj-dev] FW: demo slides and sources

["Matt Chapman" <MCHAPMAN@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Grouping examples in folders is no problem,
it can be defined entirely in the plugin.xml file of the org.eclipse.ajdt.examples
plugin.

For example, to define a new folder
/ category:

        <category
         
 id = "org.eclipse.ajdt.examples.patterns"
         
 parentCategory="org.eclipse.ui.Examples/org.eclipse.ajdt.examples"
         
 name="Design Pattern Examples">
        </category>

Then for each example you want to add
to this folder, simply set the "category" attribute to: "org.eclipse.ui.Examples/org.eclipse.ajdt.examples/org.eclipse.ajdt.examples.patterns"

I'll send you a patch to expand on this
in the AJDT FAQ (section 4.2 in the CVS version).

Regards,

Matt.

Adrian Colyer 13/11/2003 09:08

To:        aspectj-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx         cc:        matt chapman         From:        Adrian Colyer/UK/IBM@IBMGB         Subject:        Re: [aspectj-dev] FW: demo slides and sourcesLink

That's very neat..... here's where I
think we could take this next:

In the AJDT GEN3 code base, the examples
plugin will provide a simple extension point for contributing new samples
and examples for aspectj. Thus anyone can write a plugin that contains
example projects packaged as jars/zips, and the New -> AspectJ ->
Examples menu will pick them up and display them. So we could easily extend
the AspectJ build to pick up the projects under docs/teaching/demos,
and create a plugin out of them. Then when you want to set up a demo system,
you simply pick up the plugin, drop it in your eclipse installation, and
off you go...

Matt.... with all the various kinds
of samples and examples being talked about (the basic ones we already have,
the demo set, the design patterns work, and the samples that Wes is developing),
it occurs to me that we might want the ability to group examples in folders
(one level only would be enough) rather than having a single flat list...

-- Adrian
Adrian_Colyer@xxxxxxxxxx