rcputils

rcputils is a collection of utility classes for Eclipse RCP development. It contains all general-purpose code I deemed useful in my projects. If you need something or have ideas for new or enhanced functionality feel free to add a bug report, to fork the github project or to contribute patches!

• Browse sources

• Download source zip

• Bugtracker

• p2 repository:

  http://www.ralfebert.de/projects/releases/rcputils/

• Clone the git repository:

  git clone git://github.com/ralfebert/rcputils.git

Releases / Stability

I’m following the Eclipse Version Numbering scheme for releasing rcputils. All releases except major ones (1.0.0 -> 2.0.0) will be backward compatible. I will release major versions whenever I feel like it, the p2 repository will hold all old versions for backward compatibility. Please prefer using Import-Package to refer to the rcputils packages, the bundle structure might change.

License

• Eclipse Public License - v1.0

Overview

JFace Structured Viewers

• TableViewerBuilder A convenient builder class for creating TableViewers with support for nested properties, sorting and editing
• ContextMenu is an utility class to create context menus for structured viewers.
• SelectionUtils.getIterable(): Iterate over a JFace selection in a for each loop

Concurrent UIs

• UIProcess is a Job base class which allows to update the UI after the job was completed.

JFace Data Binding

• ChangeTracker allows to react on changes in all model or target observables in a DataBindingContext globally. Can be used to set the dirty flag of an editor when something changes.
• DataBindingEditorPart is a base class for EditorParts that want to use DataBinding. Provides a observable for partname and has a dirty attribute that can be registered as change listener to ChangeTracker.
• ModelDataBindingEditorPart is base class for editors that use data binding to edit a single model object.

Nested properties

• PropertyValue: Resolves nested property Strings like “company.country.name”.
• PropertyLabelProvider: LabelProvider that gets labels using a bean property.
• PropertyCellLabelProvider: CellLabelProvider that gets labels using a bean property.
• PropertyEditingSupport: EditingSupport that gets / sets the values using a bean property.

SWT

• CrossPlatformSupport.isStyleSupported

OSGi Services

• de.ralfebert.rcputils.wired provides base classes for RCP classes like views, editors, handlers which get OSGi services injected using Eclipse Riena Wiring.

Mockups

• RandomData: RandomData generates random data. This is helpful for generating test data for UI mockup prototypes and test cases.

Lang

• Colocated loads resources from the classpath that are stored together with java classes (co-located).
• DateHelper provides methods to work with java.util.Date objects.

Commands / Handler

• ToggleHandler Handler base class for style=”toggle” command contributions.