[wtp-dev] how to synchronize start/stop state in server adapter

[raccah@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm working on the GlassFish plugin for eclipse and have had a bug filed 
against the plugin about keeping the server state in eclipse 
synchronized with starts/stops outside of eclipse.
<https://glassfishplugins.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=53>

The bug was originally filed in the eclipse bug system:
<https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244878> and rightfully 
redirected to the glassfish plugins one.

My question is about the comment in the eclipse bug by Tim deBoer:
"The WTP server framework does support this, and several server adapters 
take advantage of it. Depending on the situation & support of the 
adapter, some will automatically reconnect to the server on startup and 
display the correct status, or at least allow some interaction."

I would like to know *how* to make the server adapter take advantage of 
it, especially because I asked a similar question on the newsgroups a 
while ago and thought I understood from the response that it was not 
really possible: 
<http://www.eclipse.org/newsportal/article.php?id=16737&group=eclipse.webtools#16737>

Thanks for any advice you can provide,
Rochelle