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Add the ability to write plugins using jruby or groovy.
This project is part of Google Summer of Code 2007, project link is here.
Student: Anton Arhipov
Blog: http://arhipov.blogspot.com
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About
Scripting language like Groovy (or JRuby) is an ideal choice for Java developer to do quick prototyping. The biggest benefit of Eclipse support for Groovy plug-in development is that while changing the plug-in on-the-fly there's no need to start a separate Eclipse instance or restart the IDE when something was changed in the code. This would rapidly improve the speed of lightweight plug-in development.
This project aims to add ability to write plugins in JVM-based scripting language, like Groovy and JRuby. But it could be a starting point for any other JVM scripting language, like BeanShell or Jython.
Legend
Needs some investigation
Patch in progress
Bug fixed / Feature added
Status/Timeline
Implementation of runtime engine to run the scripts. javax.scripting API is in use for this purpose.
The engine, codename yummy, isn't very advanced piece but it is sufficient to run a Groovy/JRuby script.
How to attach an action, that is implemented using a scripting language (Groovy or JRuby), to an eclipse button or menu
How the dependencies (OSGi bundles), that are used by a script, will be handled by the engine
Deliverables
The main results to be reached:
- An Eclipse extension/plug-in to (re)load (Groovy/JRuby) scripts on the fly.
- Command line console support to modify and change the program behavior interactively. This could look like in case Apache Derby ij plug-in