Tutorial: p2 updates for Eclipse RCP applications In this tutorial I’ll show how to make the RCP mail example application updatable using the p2 provisioning platform. This version of the tutorial is for Eclipse 3.6 from the Helios release. I assume you’re familiar with OSGi and Eclipse RCP development. If you have suggestions or ideas for improving the tutorial and its underlying approach, I’d be very glad to hear from you. This tutorial is part of my.

Configuration Area. Every Eclipse application. There is an option for that, see Run Configuration >Configuration >Install new software in Eclipse RCPp2sdkprefs.jpg Eclipse Support Software Installation In The Launch Application Eclipse 3.6 M3 (Helios) available for download. Eclipse Support Software Installation In. Eclipse Java IDE. This tutorial describes the usage of Eclipse as a Java IDE. It describes the installation of Eclipse, the creation of Java programs and tips for.

Making it public for everyone is one small way for me to give back to the great Eclipse community. Creating the example project • Create a new plug-in project com.example.mail. Choose Eclipse version 3.6 and create a rich client application from the RCP Mail Template: Making the application updateable • Download.

Dynamode Usb Ethernet Adapter Driver. This project contains a plug-in and a feature to make RCP applications updateable via p2. It’s mostly extracted from the and the RCP Cloud example project from Susan F. There are plans to include something like this in Eclipse 3. The Cucumber Book Pdf Epub Calibre. 7, see for more information about this. • The archive contains two projects, import both into your workspace using File >Import >Existing Projects into Workspace >Select archive file.

• Create a new menu contribution in the plugin.xml of the com.example.mail plug-in and add both the commands org.eclipselabs.p2.rcpupdate.install and org.eclipselabs.p2.rcpupdate.update to the help menu. Content.xml in content.jar is a list of installable units with their name, capabilities and a description of what the unit provides and requires.

This is a very general description, as p2 is meant to be able to provision everything, not only features or plug-ins. The idea behind these metadata repositories is that p2 can reason (like resolving dependencies) without downloading the actual artifacts. So when PDE exports deployable features or plug-ins, all the plug-in dependencies are written down in the metadata repository in this very general format. The installation of installable units is a fairly complex process that is conducted by several p2 components.

There is a p2 planner component that reasons about the necessary steps to perform a p2 operation like an installation. These steps are carried out by the p2 engine. Planner and engine are directed by the director component. Mostly you can use p2 as a black box, but sometimes it’s required to dig deeper into these concepts - have a look at the to learn more about the general p2 architecture. This additional complexity yields some interesting features.

Vray Sketchup Mac Serial Generator more. For example, a p2 installation is capable to revert itself to previous installation states (see Chris Aniszczyks blog post for more information about this: ) Updating the feature Let’s assume we improved the spam filter plug-in to combat the latest developments from the spam industry and want to provide our users with an update: • Do some visible change to the spam filter plug-in, like changing some text. • Increment the version number of the plug-in and the feature. Hint: Have a look at the scheme to learn how version numbers for Eclipse projects are handled.

• Add the feature again to the category of the update site project and click Build. This will add the new plug-in/feature to the existing repository (you could also delete the old one, but the general recommendation is to keep track of all published versions in one repository and never delete something that has already been published): • Click Help >Check for Update in the application or restart the application to update to the newest version (you might have to restart because of p2 caching the metadata). Updating the application For now we just provided additions and updates for these additions. But how about the main application? Let’s see how this can be updated using p2.