[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Reuse/Extending Mozilla.java and IE.java

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Philip,

See http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#subclassing and note that there is a
way to do it described at the bottom.

If you're looking to provide additional browser functionality then an
alternative approach would be to always use a Mozilla-based Browser and
program to it via JavaXPCOM.  For info about using JavaXPCOM with the
Browser see http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#howusejavaxpcom .

Grant


"Philip Chang" <philip2134@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I want to extend the existing IE/Mozilla class because I want to add
> some other interfaces for both browsers.
>
> But for doing this I figured out there is no other way than to
> copy/paste them in my projet and compile it my self which is really bad.
>
> Because I have than some references to internal classes and also in the
> case of Mozilla I have dependencies via jni to native c code (Also IE
> but direct in IE.java itself). Some accesses are also discouraged so...
>
> Is there no other way than to make a copy if I want to extend but reuse
> (yes I want to subclass) the existing code base?
>
> I'm aware that I cannot expect any support from eclipse than but it
> still would be great to reuse as code as much as possible without
> creating dependencies on too many internal classes.
>
> Regards,
> Philip