Re: [ jEdit-devel ] Centralizing classpath information for Java-centric

Stefan Kost wrote:
> 
> ProjectViewer: cares about projects
> 	the collection of files
> 	properties of the file (include path,
>  classpath, jdbc urls)
> 

It would be great if ProjectViewer could provide an
implementation of ClasspathSource for the JavaCore
plugin. I don't use ProjectViewer myself so I don't
know much about what it's currently capable of (I use
Sessions & AntHelper to achieve a similar end). Does
it currently allow you to define a classpath? Does it
have any support for parsing Ant files?

> 
> Language Parser: provide support for one language
> 	they should support SideKicks structure 
> viewing and completions
> 	they should provide a method to setup the 
> classpath/include path/... for a given \
> project (e.g. scanning for jars)  they should 
> register with the DocBrowser to let it \
> acces the language specific docs  examples :
> 		Jane : Java
> 		LaTeXTools : LaTeX
> 	!! we need more Parsers, e.g. for C/C++, 
> Perl, Python, ...
> 

I'd imagine a Java parsing plugin could use classpath
information from JavaCore.

Stuart Barlow wrote:
> 
> It maybe worth keeping in mind the workings of
Intellij and
> Eclipse. Both of these IDEs are project centric.
When you define
> a project and give it a root folder they
automatically scan
> for jar files and add them to the classpath for that
project.
> You can then manually edit the classpath for each
project at
> any later time - or rescan. In Intellij you can also
link
> projects to JDK/JREs - another handy feature.
> 
> Is jEdit a 'project centric' IDE too?
> 

It has the ProjectViewer plugin, but using that isn't
mandatory. I find it easier to use Sessions & let
AntHelper handle the "project" side of things, which
it does in a very hassle-free way. That way the only
place you need to ever define a classpath is in
build.xml files.

I wouldn't want to tie JavaCore to the ProjectViewer
plugin directly (I don't want to tie it to any other
plugins directly) but a ProjectViewer implementation
of the ClasspathSource service would be an excellent idea.

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