Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) Delta Schulung

Introduction into Eclipse and Eclipse 4

• Components of the Eclipse platform
• Eclipse 3.x in comparison with Eclipse 4.x
• Eclipse license
• Internet information sources

Eclipse architecture

• Software components
• Configuration files (plugin.xml, MANIFEST.MF)
• Extensions and extension points
• Important user interface components

Eclipse 4 application model

• Application model and model components
• Model editor
• Naming schema for ID's

Dependency injection and annotations

• Overview dependency injection
• Dependency injection framework in Eclipse
• Field, method and constructor dependency injection
• Behavior annotations
• Application lifecycle annotations

Scope of injection

• IEclipseContext
• Injection search strategy
• Creation of injectable objects
• Model elements and dependency injection

OSGi services

• Services and the OSGi service registry
• Publishing services via OSGi declarative services
• Usage of services in Eclipse 4
• OSGi declarative service definition with annotations

Commands, Handlers, Menus and Toolbars

• Contributing to the menu and the toolbar
• Handling of popup menus
• Scope of handlers and core expressions
• Defining keybindings

Platform services and interaction of components

• Service overview
• Part service
• Model service
• Selection service
• Command and Handler service

Editor handling in Eclipse 4

• Comparison Views and Editors
• Getting parts which behave as editors
• Using services to interact with parts

Accessing and extending the Eclipse context

• Accessing the context
• Extending the Eclipse context with own objects
• Using dependency injection to create own objects

Settings and preferences

• Configuration area and workspace
• Persistence of the Eclipse application
• Part persistence
• Dependency injection for preference values

Modularity for Eclipse 4 applications

• Contributing to the application model
• Static model contributions with fragments
• Dynamic model contributions with processors

Concurrent UIs

• SWT threading
• Avoiding invalid thread access
• Asynchronous processing with the Eclipse API

Migrating Eclipse 3.x applications

• Running Eclipse 3.x applications on top of Eclipse 4
• Mixing Eclipse 3.x and Eclipse 4.x components
• Discussion: Migration path for existing applications

Definition of own annotations for dependency injection

• Definition of new annotations
• Evaluation of new annotations
• Use cases

Declarative styling with CSS

• Introduction into CSS
• Definition of styles and themes, colors and gradients
• Styling specific widgets
• Dynamic style switching at runtime
• Using the CSS Spy tooling

The Renderer framework

• Purpose of the Renderer framework
• Define your own renderer
• Outlook: Using an alternative renderer
• Outlook: Extending the application model

Best practices and tips & tricks