[news.eclipse.tools] Re: What is the point of being able to close a proj

[john_arthorne@xxxxxxx (John Arthorne)]

David Insel wrote:
> What is the point of being able to close a project?  It has been causing
> problems when people try to imoprt a WAR file into a closed project or
> export a closed project as a WAR file.

Closing a project unloads all information about that project from memory. 
This is useful if you have projects in your workspace that you aren\'t
currently interested in working with.  Closing large projects can
drastically reduce Eclipse\'s memory footprint.  Plugins should interpret
closed projects as non-existent projects.  In your case, the import/export
tools for WAR files should not allow imports and exports involving closed
projects.