[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Altering the Eclipse plugin - how to add to

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You must be using 3.3 then? I don't think that will work in 3.4 as p2 
manages the bundles more closely instead of just using everything in the 
plugins directory.

-Andrew

Alex Molochnikov wrote:
> Thanks, Andrew.
>
> I ended up exporting my version of the plugin, and replacing the original
> JAR in Eclipse install plugins folder. The only other thing that I had to do
> was re-initialize Eclipse.
>
> Alex
>
> "Andrew Niefer" <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ge7bn5$1lr$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > First, make sure your jface.databinding has a different version from the
> > original.  Then, the easiest way to make sure yours gets used is to base
> > your product on features.  Then in the feature you can include the
> > jface.databinding plugin with a specific version instead of 0.0.0.
> >
> > Note that jface.databinding is not a singleton bundle.  If it was, then
> > it would be sufficient to have your custom version have a higher version
> > number and the OSGi state used by PDE/Build would then resolve the
> > higher version.  Since it is not a singleton, both versions resolve and
> > you need to specify which one you want.
> >
> > -Andrew