[news.eclipse.platform] Re: How to execute an external program from a pl

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Each bundle gets its own cache space. It should be cleaned up if the 
bundle gets uninstalled, but otherwise I think it stays unless someone 
runs with -clean.

In a headless build the shape of the built plugin depends on what the 
containing feature says for the "unpack" attribute on the plug-in entry.
If not specified, the default is "true", which results in a folder.

If you are running productBuild.xml with a .product, and the container 
feature is generated for you, then we guess, which is based on whether 
or not the Bundle-Classpath has a '.' on it.

-Andrew

Remy Chi Jian Suen wrote:
> Andrew Niefer wrote:
> > FileLocator#find(Bundle bundle, IPath path, Map override)
> > will return a URL for the entry in your bundle.
> > Then
> > FileLocator.toFileURL(URL)
> > will extract the entry to a cache (normally under the 
> > configuration/org.eclipse.osgi directory) and return the URL to the 
> > location on disk.
>
> Andrew, how long is this cache alive for? Will the file be deleted 
> automagically or...?
>
>  > Stanley Hillner wrote:
>  >> if not, how can i export a plugin as a directory so that eclipse is
>  >> able to load the plugin like a jar (I just tried to extract the
>  >> contents of the exportet jar and add the directory to the
>  >> eclipse-plugin folder but as IÂve expected eclipse didnÂt load the
>  >> plugin).
>
> There should be a way to export as a directory through the regular 
> export wizard, I've done it before (and continue to do it on occasions 
> when I need to update my application). I'm not sure how to do it through 
> pdebuild though.
>
> Rem