Post freeze changes 3.2
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Despite the best intentions, there are always a small number of API changes that are required after the official API freeze. This page documents the API changes that were made during Eclipse 3.2 Callisto development after the 3.2 M5 API freeze.
Breaking Changes
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| Equinox/Bundles | Remove product preference customization interface | 132666 | 
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| JDT/APT | Provisional API in JDT APT packages should be internal | 129696 |
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| Platform/Search | Remove new search API | 130162 |
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| Platform/Text | Give access to the current annotation hover (added method on ISourceViewerExtension3) | 132318 |
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| Platform/UA | Move org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets package to internal provisional package (four interfaces, two classes) | 131793 |
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| Platform/UA | New API attribute to the lucene search participants extension point | 135107 |
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| Platform/UI | [Field Assist] - KeyEvents and content proposal requests | 127108 |
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| Platform/UI | [WorkbenchWindow] Remove deprecated trim API | 132731 |
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| Platform/UI | Need consistent save lifecycle when multiple parts share the same model | 112225 |
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| Platform/UI | Replace global control animator with control animator factory | 134328 |
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| Platform/UI | Contributed trim needs to know which workbench window it's in | 135650 |
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| Platform/UI | Remove obsolete navigator save lifecycle API | 138824 |
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Non-Breaking Changes
| Component | Description | Bug | Approved | Released |
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| Expressions | Static helper methods for equals and hash code, computeHashCode method | 114363 |
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| Expressions | Load property testers on demand | 130338 |
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| Equinox/Bundles | org.eclipse.core.runtime.BundleFinder - deleted class. Plugin org.eclipse.equinox.common | 128137 |
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| Equinox/Bundles | Change signature of methods RegistryStrategy#onStart(Object) to onStart(IExtensionRegistry) and onStop(Object) to onStop(IExtensionRegistry) | 129196 |
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| JDT/Core | Added constants CannotReadSource and InvalidEncoding to IProblem | 130980 |
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| JDT/Core | Added constant org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.IProblem#UnsafeGenericArrayForVarargs | 128418 |
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| JDT/Core | Added constant org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.IProblem#IllegalAccessFromTypeVariable | 128423 |
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| JDT/Core | Added constant org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore#ENABLE_JAVADOC_ATTACHMENTS | 137975 |
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| JDT/UI | org.eclipse.jdt.ui.jarpackager.JarPackageData - New methods isDeprecationAware(), setDeprecationAware(boolean), RefactoringHistoryWizard constructor | 128771 |
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| JDT/UI | Add new event type ADDED to RefactoringHistoryEvent | 130718 |
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| JDT/UI | API additions for Replace Invocations | 131768 |
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| JDT/UI | New API in test case wizard for JUnit 4.0 | 137732, 102632 |
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| JDT/UI | Content assit API to provide repeated invocation trigger | 135884 |
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| Platform/Debug | Move org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.sourcelookup.containers.ContainerSourceContainer to API package | 124799 |
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| Platform/Resources | API for a file system to map from a local file to an IFileStore | 132346 |
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| Platform/SWT | Need API to add notifications on system tray | 58009 |
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| Platform/SWT | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tree - new method setSelection(TreeItem) | 128970 |
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| Platform/SWT | Support DateTime type in org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.Variant class | 97404 |
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| Platform/SWT | Added constant SWT.BACKGROUND | 
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| Platform/SWT | Add getHeaderHeight() method to ExpandItem | 131159 |
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| Platform/Team | Support for model element decoration | 131440 |
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| Platform/Text | org.eclipse.core.filebuffers.IFileBufferStatusCodes and org.eclipse.ui.editors.EditorsUI - new constant int CHARSET_MAPPING_FAILED | 116841 |
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| Platform/Text | Add EditorsPlugin.getSharedTextColors | 132836 |
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| Platform/Text | Remove quickAssistProcessor extension point | 133339 |
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| Platform/Text | Make public constants for private edit menu groups | 135061 |
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| Platform/Text | Add ability to fetch additional info of proposals in background thread | 136648 |
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| Platform/Text | Make revision selection provider available in ChangeRulerColumn and LineNumberChangeRulerColumn | 135229 |
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| Platform/Text | Added method LineChangeHover.getInformationPresenterControlCreator | 133355 |
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| Platform/UA | (intro) Add 'previewImage' attribute to intro theme element | 128721 |
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| Platform/UA | org.eclipse.ui.intro.config.IntroConfigurer - added methods getMixinStyle(String, String), init(IIntroSite, Map), getThemeProperty(String), constant TB_ADDITIONS, fields IIntroSite site, Map themeProperties |
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| Platform/UA | org.eclipse.ui.intro.config.ExtensionFactory - Class moved to org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal package in org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal plugin |
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| Platform/UA | API to restart the cheat sheet | 84457 |
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| Platform/UI | Support enablement element in org.eclipse.ui.propertyPages extension point | 106839 |
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| Platform/UI | org.eclipse.ui.navigator plug-in - Refactor ActivationService to remove singleton pattern | 125647 |
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| Platform/UI | org.eclipse.ui.navigator plug-in - CommonViewer should use TreePathViewerSorter | 125647 |
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| Platform/UI | org.eclipse.ui.navigator plug-in - Complete definition of DND API | 126658 |
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| Platform/UI | [JFace] - API - access to images and colors for standard field decorations | 129246 |
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| Platform/UI | [Viewers] IDecorationContext.getContextIds() comment says it should be removed before M5 | 129377 |
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| Platform/UI | Request for API for message animation | 129829 |
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| Platform/UI | Progress view should be made more prominent | 129184 |
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| Platform/UI | [Common Navigator] Request to support programmatic binding of drag adapter | 129061 |
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| Platform/UI | [Undo/Redo] Context not removed from TriggeredOperations | 128117 |
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| Platform/UI | [CommonNavigator] actionProvider extension should support overrides | 131927 |
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| Platform/UI | API to obtain project location URI from wizard page | 130638 |
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| Platform/UI | Need access to the element comparer of a tree selection | 133375 |
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| Platform/UI | New ImageAndMessageArea class for popup messages in wizards | 131771 |
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| Platform/UI | Allow extensions to participate in the save lifecycle | 112215 |
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| Platform/UI | CommonNavigator: expose methods on INavigatorPipelineService | 133920 |
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| Platform/UI | Add methods to StructuredViewer to support ViewerComparator | 133920 |
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| Platform/UI | Need API to lock all trim | 135648 |
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| Platform/UI | Define a command for "close others" action | 90517 |
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| Platform/UI | Preference constant to prompt when saveable is still open | 136489 |
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| Platform/UI | Common Navigator: Provide access to INavigatorContentExtension by id | 130979 |
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| Platform/UI | Common Navigator: Add group id and associatedExtensionId to commonWizard | 137079 |
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