CODEWITHSUNDEEP
eclipseeclipse-plugineclipse-rcpe4
caritos
caritos

Reputation: 13762

Can I use the Eclipse 4 model to build an RCP and a Plugin using the same codebase?

The book "Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example" mentions that the Eclipse 4 model provides a way to model an application. An application has a top-level model, buy may also have additional model fragments contributed by different bundles.

Is it possible to develop an RCP and a Plugin together (same codebase) using the Application Model? I just didn't know how you can include plugin projects into an RCP that is using the Application Model (Application.e4xmi)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 251

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

Yes you can have plug-ins. Plug-ins can use fragments to contribute to the application model:

<extension
     id="distribFragment"
     point="org.eclipse.e4.workbench.model">
  <fragment
        uri="fragment.e4xmi">
  </fragment>
</extension>

The fragment.e4xmi can import from the existing application model and can add new parts, commands, handlers....

Upvotes: 1

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