java development tooling ui

This document lists the breaking API changes that occurred between R3.2 and R3.3 and how to migrate from the R3.2 API to the R3.3 API.

jdt ui - Breaking API changes from R3.2 to R3.3
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jdt ui - Non-breaking API changes from R3.2 to R3.3
New and deprecated API in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.jarpackager.JarPackageData:
  • createJarDescriptionWriter(OutputStream) has been deprecated in favor of createJarDescriptionWriter(OutputStream, String) which allows to specify the encoding of the description file.
New API in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.refactoring.IRefactoringProcessorIds:
  • COPY_PROCESSOR
  • addition to RENAME_PACKAGE_FRAGMENT_PROCESSOR:
    participants can now get an IJavaElementMapper and an IResourceMapper from the processor to find the location of elements after the rename
New API org.eclipse.jdt.ui.JavaUI.openInEditor(IJavaElement, activate, reveal)
New API in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ITypeHierarchyViewPart:
  • showMembersInHierarchy(boolean)
  • isShowMembersInHierarchy()
  • showQualifiedTypeNames(boolean)
  • isQualifiedTypeNamesEnabled()
  • isLinkingEnabled()
  • setLinkingEnabled(boolean)
  • setViewLayout(int)
  • getViewLayout()
  • setHierarchyMode(int)
  • getHierarchyMode()
New constants in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ITypeHierarchyViewPart:
  • VIEW_LAYOUT_VERTICAL
  • VIEW_LAYOUT_HORIZONTAL
  • VIEW_LAYOUT_SINGLE
  • VIEW_LAYOUT_AUTOMATIC
  • HIERARCHY_MODE_CLASSIC
  • HIERARCHY_MODE_SUPERTYPES
  • HIERARCHY_MODE_SUBTYPES
New API in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenViewActionGroup:
  • containsOpenPropertiesAction(boolean)
Added API to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.StandardJavaElementContentProvider to simplify the customization of the content provider:
  • getPackageFragmentRootContent(IPackageFragmentRoot)
  • getPackageContent(IPackageFragment)
  • getFolderContent(IFolder)
The following action has been deprecated org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions:
  • FindStringsToExternalizeAction: replaced by ExternalizeStringsAction
The following constants have been deprecated in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.IJavaEditorActionDefinitionIds:
  • SHOW_JAVADOC: replaced by ITextEditorActionDefinitionIds#SHOW_INFORMATION
  • FIND_STRINGS_TO_EXTERNALIZE: replaced by IJavaEditorActionDefinitionIds#EXTERNALIZE_STRINGS
The following constants have been deprecated in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.JdtActionConstants:
  • SHOW_JAVADOC: replaced by ITextEditorActionConstants#SHOW_INFORMATION
  • FIND_STRINGS_TO_EXTERNALIZE: replaced by JdtActionConstants#EXTERNALIZE_STRINGS
Added API to type wizard open actions: OpenNewAnnotationWizardAction, OpenNewEnumWizardAction, OpenNewClassWizardAction, OpenNewInterfaceWizardAction (org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions) to control if an editor is opened after the type is created:
  • setOpenEditorOnFinish(boolean openEditorOnFinish)
Added API to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenViewActionGroup:
  • containsOpenPropertiesAction(boolean enable)
  • containsShowInMenu(boolean enable)
Added API to the NewContainerWizardPage: org.eclipse.jdt.ui.wizards:
  • getJavaProject(): Return the Java project that the element will be created in or null
Deprecated JavaElementSorter. Use new API JavaElementComparator instead (org.eclipse.jdt.ui.wizards):
The following constants have been added to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.PreferenceConstants:
  • APPEARANCE_JAVADOC_FONT: the symbolic font name for the font used to display Javadoc
  • EDITOR_JAVA_BRACKET_BOLD: controls whether brackets are rendered in bold
  • EDITOR_JAVA_BRACKET_COLOR: the preference that holds the color used to render brackets
  • EDITOR_JAVA_BRACKET_ITALIC: controls whether brackets are rendered in italic
  • EDITOR_JAVA_BRACKET_STRIKETHROUGH: controls whether brackets are rendered in strikethrough
  • EDITOR_JAVA_BRACKET_UNDERLINE: controls whether brackets are rendered underlined
  • REFACTOR_LIGHTWEIGHT: controls whether certain refactorings use a lightweight UI when started from a Java editor
  • SPELLING_IGNORE_NON_LETTERS: controls whether non-letters at word boundaries should be ignored during spell checking
  • SPELLING_IGNORE_SINGLE_LETTERS: controls whether single letters should be ignored during spell checking
  • SPELLING_IGNORE_AMPERSAND_IN_PROPERTIES: controls whether ampersands should be ignored during spell checking
  • CODEASSIST_FAVORITE_STATIC_MEMBERS: the preference that holds the favorite static members
  • EDITOR_SOURCE_HOVER_BACKGROUND_COLOR: the preference that holds the source hover background color
  • EDITOR_SOURCE_HOVER_BACKGROUND_COLOR_SYSTEM_DEFAULT: the preference that tells whether to use the system default color for the source hover background color
The following constants have been deprecated in org.eclipse.jdt.ui.PreferenceConstants:
  • LINK_PACKAGES_TO_EDITOR: Not used anymore
  • LINK_TYPEHIERARCHY_TO_EDITOR: Not used anymore
  • EDITOR_SHOW_TEXT_HOVER_AFFORDANCE: Replaced by AbstractDecoratedTextEditorPreferenceConstants#EDITOR_SHOW_TEXT_HOVER_AFFORDANCE
  • EDITOR_SMART_HOME_END: Replaced by AbstractDecoratedTextEditorPreferenceConstants#EDITOR_SMART_HOME_END
Added new extension point: org.eclipse.jdt.ui.classpathAttributeConfiguration:
  • Extenders can define how custom class path attributes (IClasspathAttribute) are rendered and configured
  • New API org.eclipse.jdt.ui.wizards.ClasspathAttributeConfiguration to be extended by extension point clients.
Added API ProjectActionGroup.getOpenProjectAction() (org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions)
Added API to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.JavaElementImageDescriptor:
  • JavaElementImageDescriptor.VOLATILE
  • JavaElementImageDescriptor.TRANSIENT
Added API to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.refactoring.RenameSupport:
  • static RenameSupport create(RenameJavaElementDescriptor descriptor) throws CoreException
Added API to org.eclipse.jdt.ui.wizards.JavaCapabilityConfigurationPage:
  • protected void setFocus()

API changes from 3.1 to 3.2 can be found here.