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Vlad Ilie
Vlad Ilie

Reputation: 1409

Eclipse Plugin-Dev - how to mark package as internal

How can I mark a package as being internal? (it should throw a warning when its classes are used)

There are plenty of examples of this in the Eclipse plug-ins (i.e. org.eclipse.core.internal )

By using only import-package / export-package directives instead of require-bundle, I could just omit the export-package directive in my plug-in, but the internal warning would be of use in the other case.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 530

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111216

You can specify x-internal:=true in the Export-Package directive:

Export-Package: org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.core;x-internal:=true

There is also an x-friends directive to let to specify a list of bundles which can use the package.

More on this in the Eclipse help for bundle manifest headers

When using the Manifest.mf editor you can specify this by switching to the 'Runtime' tab. Select the Exported Package you want to make internal and in the 'Package Visibility' section select 'hidden from all plugins except'. With no plugins in the except list you get x-internal, if you list plugins in the list you get x-friends.

Upvotes: 3

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