Re: [platform-core-dev] eclipse plugins framework as standalone

[Ittay Dror <ittayd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff McAffer wrote:
> platform-core-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/14/2005 01:36:53 AM:
>  > Jeff McAffer wrote:
>  > >
>  >
>  > but will i get extension point support?
>
> If you install the org.eclipse.core.runtime plugin, yes.
>
>  > > Note that Eclipse has a strong component model and manages component
>  > > classpaths dynamically.  So accessing classes contained in plugins 
> from
>  > > the outer program is challenging.
>  >
>  > i plan on having the "outer" program as a core plugin.
>
> I'm not sure that this makes sense.  The outer program cannot be a 
> plugin if it is the one that starts Eclipse/OSGi.  To be a plugin means 
> (in part) that an Eclipse classloader loads the the classes.  But the 
> outer program has to be loaded/running before the notion of plugin 
> exists so you can't have it both ways.

yep i agree. i thought of creating a small 'starter', but now that i 
think of it, i'll need servlets which should be in a class loader the 
webserver creates, so... [sigh].

> Jeff
>
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