[news.eclipse.tools] New Article: Notes on the Eclipse Plug-in Architect

["Jim des Rivieres" <jim_des_rivieres@xxxxxxx>]

Notes on the Eclipse Plug-in Architecture
by Azad Balour (Balour Computing)
http://eclipse.org/articles/Article-Plug-in-architecture/plugin_architecture.html

Abstract: Eclipse plug-ins embody an architectural pattern for building an application from
constituent parts. This article presents an in-depth view of the participant roles and
collaborations of this architectural pattern, as they exist in an instance of the Eclipse workbench.
The goal is to provide an understanding of plug-ins, and of how plug-in extensions are defined and
processed, independently of the mechanics of using the Eclipse workbench to produce plug-ins.