Re: [ecf-dev] Discovery example code: update site discovery

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

Opps...sorry about the missing images.  See here:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Update_Site_Discovery

Scott


Scott Lewis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> In preparation for EclipseCon...and just because it's kind of fun...I 
> created a couple of plugins to implement updatesite discovery using 
> the ECF discovery API.
>
> What is updatesite discovery, you say?   Well, first I built a simple 
> updatesite http server that uses the OSGI http service/jetty to expose 
> access to a local update site.  This server also registers an 
> updatesite service type via the ECF discovery API...so that clients 
> can discover and then access the update site (i.e. to install any 
> features exposed by the site).
>
> This server is defined in a single plugin in this project set file 
> [1].  There's a launch configuration in there to start this server.  
> I'll be adding a equinox application to this so it can be started from 
> command line.
>
> The other part of this is the client.  This code is located in this 
> project set file [2].  This client simply extends the ECF discovery 
> view using the new serviceAccessHandler extension point.  So, when the 
> server from above is run, a client on the same LAN will see:
>
> discovery1
>
> And then if they open up the update site service they will see 
> something like this:
>
> discovery2
>
>
> Then if they open up the context menu on the 'slewis update site' they 
> will see this (this is the ui contribution contributed by the client 
> plugin):
>
> discovery3
>
>
> It's left as an exercise for the reader to predict what choosing 
> either of these menu items does.  I'll be creating a wiki page for 
> this tomorrow.
>
> Scott
>
> [1]
> anonymous:  
> http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/projectsetfiles/ecf.examples.updatesite.server.anonymous.psf 
>
> committer:  
> http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/projectsetfiles/ecf.examples.updatesite.server.committer.psf 
>
>
> [2]
> anonymous:  
> http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/projectsetfiles/ecf.examples.updatesite.client.anonymous.psf 
>
> committer:  
> http://www.eclipse.org/ecf/projectsetfiles/ecf.examples.updatesite.client.committer.psf 
>
>
>
>
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