[news.eclipse.helpwanted] HELP! Jobs framework, Eclipse 3.0.2

[aca02sl@xxxxxxxxxx (Simon Lever)]

Hi,

I have been creating a plugin within Eclipse working entirely on version 
3.0.1.  One of my requirements is that I need to find out when a java 
program has completely finished executing in the console either by natural 
termination or user termination by clicking the red terminate button.  I 
successfully did this in version 3.0.1 by adding an IJobChangeListener to 
the platform's job manager:

final IJobManager jobManager = Platform.getJobManager();

then adding a IJobChangeListener to this implementing the done() method 
only by using the JobChangeAdapter class, which has the signature:

public void done(IJobChangeEvent event) {...


I then monitor all the jobs that have been "done" and I found that the job 
that is lastly done when a java program is terminated either naturally or 
by user interaction is the job with the name "Process monitor".  (I found 
this out by examining the "Progress" view when executing a java program).  
I find this out by:

if (event.getJob().getName().equals("Process monitor")) {...


I have now upgraded to eclipse 3.0.2 and it appears that the jobs 
framework has changed where this job is no longer processed and 
consequently I have no way of knowing when a java program has terminated, 
which is the critical part of my plugin.  I thought at first that the Job 
name had changed, but in fact no jobs are done to notify a java program 
has finished executing in 3.0.2. Hence my plugin no longer works. I can't 
find any documentation at all either relating to this apparent change.


My question is then, is there any reason why this was removed from the 
latest eclipse version and does anyone know if there is there any other 
possible way of finding out when a java program has finished executing 
that is compatible with all versions of Eclipse > 3.0?

Many Thanks,

Simon.