On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:23:34 GMT, Julian Waters <jwat...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Eclipse is a popular and very well-known IDE in the world of Java > development, utilized widely in many contexts, by beginners and experienced > teams alike. Although a relatively lightweight IDE, it features surprisingly > powerful indexing and code analysis capabilities, as well as useful tools, > among which are make integration. While the tools it provides are not always > as sophisticated as other IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA will likely come to mind as one > such competitor), the simplicity of using it, as well as the reliability of > this rugged IDE makes up greatly for the slightly less advanced tooling. > Eclipse requires very little starting infrastructure in the workspace for all > these features and indexing support as well, which makes it a good candidate > for developing on the JDK. > > This enhancement adds 4 extra targets to the make system for generating a > basic Eclipse Workspace that provides almost full indexing support for the > JDK, with varying levels as desired, from a minimalistic option only > including the Java Virtual Machine's source code, to generating a workspace > with both Java and C/C++ natures included, which allows for using Eclipse's > unique ability to quickly swap between Java and C/C++ mode to work on both > native and Java sources at the same time. Cross Compiling support is > available, and in its entirety the change touches very little of the existing > make system, barring its own Makefile within the ide subdirectory. > > Indexing capabilities utilizing the enhancement: > <img width="960" alt="java" > src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32636402/197784819-67ec7de4-7e27-4f33-b738-59b75a9e4403.PNG"> > <img width="787" alt="escape" > src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32636402/197784843-df8621a8-7b0a-42da-86f4-3afb92de0f71.PNG"> This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 45809fd0 Author: Julian Waters <jwat...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/45809fd0c026dfab2aa004ca425017ec7891d2e6 Stats: 687 lines in 9 files changed: 687 ins; 0 del; 0 mod 8295884: Implement IDE support for Eclipse Reviewed-by: erikj ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10853