Re: [pde-dev] accessing non java resources through java

[Jacek.Pospychala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> Hi,
>
> I'm developing a plugin in which i require to access non java resources
> like normal folders(other than  src,bin & jar),which are not mentioned
> in .project or
> .classfile .
> Is there any way to handle it?
> Please direct.Thanks in advance.

Hi,
do you mean you'd like your plug-in to access files from whole user
filesystem?
You may do it exactly the same as in normal Java applications. However,
you will not have such functionality as resources in workspace have, like
file change notifications, builders, etc.
For more details of resources and workspace benefits see
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/The_Official_Eclipse_FAQs#Workspace_and_Resources_API

If you need this functionality anyway, there is work going on hidden
resources. See
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Resource_Deltas_for_External_Folders