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

[Peter Nehrer <pnehrer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Simon,

unfortunately, this is not the right group; eclipse.helpwanted is for 
job/employment postings and will soon be renamed to something else (see 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=86831). Please re-post 
your question to eclipse.platform and/or eclipse.rcp.

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A note to those who have been following this group -- I never thought 
this would actually happen, but here's a post in the *helpwanted* group, 
asking about the *jobs* framework... Just waiting for someone to inquire 
about open positions at the Eclipse Foundation in the new 
eclipse.employment group ;-)

--Peter

Simon Lever wrote:
> 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.