[pde-dev] a basic questions on IStorange and implementing non-local IRes

[Ruben Malchow <ruben@xxxxxx>]

hello list,

first of all, i would like to apologize for asking a dumb question. 
which is this:

i am currently working on an eclipse plugin that would make the vfs of 
opencms accessible from within eclipse

things that need to be done (from what i know at the moment)

a.) add a NewWizard that creates a special resource that acts as a link 
to the vfs

b.) make eclipse recognize this resource (and display it proplerly, with 
children and all), probably this resource will implement IFolder - or 
extend PlatformObject? anyway, it probably will have to implement 
IStorage in some way.

c.) the blah neede to get the actual contents of the files and so on, 
not really a problem, and even if it was, it wouldn't be suitable for 
this list.

the wizard thing isn't that complicated, there are heaps of examples out 
there, i guess i can figure that out on my own.

what's really quite confusing is the question of where to store the 
information required to make the connection to the opencms vfs and how 
to mount the vfs tree seamlessly in the project tree.

i am only beginning to get a grasp on the plugin concept of eclipse. and 
there is such a vast amount of data (to me it's not qualified 
information yet) that i can't even decide what to read and what not to 
read. plus, there are quite a few repetitions among the sources that are 
availabe.

i am currently looking at subclipse and rcpnews for inspiration. but i 
would also be very happy to hear of any ideas or get pointers to 
documents i should read from people who know a bit more than i do.

regards

.rm