Re: [platform-debug-dev] Launch Configuration API Feedback

[Matt_Lavin@xxxxxxx]

I like the second option also since now I just reference the internal java launcher in my xml and it works fine.

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Clarification of Java Launch Config re-use: 
* We could promote reuse of the (local) Java application launch configuration delegate in two ways: 
(1) Provide access to delegates via their types - i.e. ILaunchConfigurationType, could have a #getDelegate() method. A different type of delegate, say a JUnit delegate, could then programatically retrieve the Java app delegate, and re-direct the launch to that delegate.
(2) Promote the Java delegate to API, and then other launch configuration types could simply specify the Java app delegate in their XML directly. 

I acutally like (2). 

Darin

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Re: Java launch config re-use 
* Perhaps we should expose a method on ILaunchConfiguration to get the underlying delegate. If this were availble, your delegate could (re)delegate to the existing java launch configuration delegate. 

Darin

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* Java Launch Configuration Delegate Reuse 
Creating an AbstractJavaLaunchConfigurationDelegate which is public is great if people want to change the way that the java launching happens, but what I really want to do is to use the java launch delegates exactly as they are.  Now, I don't have to redo the validation but I still have to copy the actual launch code, which is the most interesting part of the class.

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* Please note that there is now an "AbstractJavaLaunchConfigurationDelegate" which is public API. It provides convenience methods for verifying launch configuration attributes. 

Darin