[news.eclipse.platform] Re: No workspace metadata persistence

[DJ Houghton <dj_houghton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are a couple of things that you can do. If you have metadata that 
you are looking to store, check out:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform#getConfigurationLocation

This is an area that you can store files in. There is no spec'd format 
but it is recommended that you put your files in a directory which is 
the name of your bundle.

If you have preferences that you want to store/access, Check out:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.ConfigurationScope
org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.IPreferencesService

There are preference docs here if you want help with using the pref 
service for searching:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-core-home/documents/user_settings/index.html


Marcus Kestler wrote:
> We have had a lot of request from customers regarding metadata that is
> persisted outside of the workspace.  Basically they want global
> configuration settings that are not workspace dependent.  Currently
> Eclipse does not provide a facility for persistence outside of the
> workspace.  Obviously this is something that a plug-in could provide, but
> I think it belongs in the framework.
>
> I am posting this to get opinions on the subject and see if anyone else
> has had similar requests, or have developed custom solutions.
> Depending on the outcome, we will try to drive a feature request off of
> this.
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus Kestler
>
> SlickEdit Inc.