[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: Reading info from plugin.xml

[Chris Aniszczyk <zx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

laurent Goubet wrote:
> A little off subject but since I see this I might also get the info : 
> does this provide a way to get a default class loader for the plugins of 
> the workspace without launching a second runtime? Could be awesome to 
> test classes currently in development (might prove a little error-prone 
> but ... :)).

So, as of Eclipse 3.5M4, we support exporting plug-ins from the 
workspace in the current host:

http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.5M4-200812111908/eclipse-news-M4.html#PDE

See, "Single-click export and install into running platform"

Cheers,

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