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23 :     <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial,Helvetica">Core Overview</font></b></td>
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27 :     <p>The Core component forms the base of the Eclipse platform's runtime configuration.
28 :     It includes mechanisms and facilities for:</p>
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30 :     <li>booting and running the platform</li>
31 :     <li>plug-in declaration and management</li>
32 :     <li>resource management</li>
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34 :     <p>The Core is excruciatingly generic -- all plug-ins installed and run
35 :     on the Core infrastructure are treated equally. The contents of resources
36 :     are never examined in any domain-specific way and the Core can run equally
37 :     well with and without a UI. </p>
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48 :     <p>If you are interested in participating in the development of the Core
49 :     component, check out the developer's mailing list: <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-core-dev">platform-core-dev@eclipse.org</a>.
50 :     Chat with people there about your problems and interests, and find out
51 :     what you can do to help. </p>
52 :     <p>In particular, if you are interested in system level code and are intimately
53 :     familiar with Java classloading, thread management, filesystem resource
54 :     management on a variety of operating systems, Windows/Linux filesystem
55 :     callback management, or programming for speed/space, the Core team wants
56 :     to talk to you.</p>
57 :     <p>Upcoming work is primarily in the details of currently supported function.</p>
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