Re: [e4-dev] View in an RCP for working directly with the file system

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tamar,

As of now bare bone e4 does not have anything related to:
a) editors
b) filesystem views like Common Navigator

Since NIO2 the Java-File-API has been greatly improved one could think
about working directly with this API instead of going through
core.resources. IIRC there John told me sometime ago that some one
ported the core.resources API to work with the Java one but I could be
wrong in this regard.

Generally speaking I agree that the Eclipse Resource System with it's
project structure does not make a whole lot of sense in most RCP apps
but it might make much more sense to directly work with the filesystem APIs.

Tom

On 13.11.13 00:25, Cohen, Tamar (ARC-TI)[Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies
Inc. (SGT Inc.)] wrote:
> Hi e4-dev,
> 
> Please let me know if there is a better newsgroup to post to.
> 
> I am working on an e4 based RCP application and as part of it I want to provide the ability to create new files of my file type, and edit them with my editor.  In the past, we have had to use Eclipse Resources (create eclipse projects and the like).  
> 
> I am wondering if we have addressed this yet in e4?  I read about the Semantic File System stuff (which seems very cool and SHOULD have really been invented before Curiosity went to Mars …) but I think that there should be baked in support for having a view that reflects the file system (even if it's not always in sync and has a refresh button).
> 
> Am I missing something?  Is there already such a view or do I have to roll my own?
> 
> Thanks much
> 
> Tamar Cohen
> NASA Ames Research Center
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