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RapPlan
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RAP development plan
This document is a draft and is subject to change, we welcome all feedback.
To ensure the planning process is transparent and open to the entire Eclipse community, we (the RAP project team) post plans in an embryonic form and revise them throughout the release cycle.
Draft plan for RAP 1.0
- 2006-06 - 2006-09 initial code contribution: Java component library for UI development (done)
- 2006-10 : Moving widget toolkit to org.eclipse packages, re(de)fine widget toolkit api (done / without milestone release)
- 2007-02 M1: Basic WebWorkbench implementation running on OSGi (functionality implemented - release targeted for first week of february)
- 2007-03 M2: extending workbench functionality, initial work on Perspective switcher, extending jface functionality (dialog framework)
- 2007-04 M3: finalizing RWT, implement editable tableviewers, data binding
- 2007-05 M4: Provide all API for Release 1.0
- 2007-05 RC1: Code freeze for 1.0
- 2007-06 v1.0: Release 1.0
The work will be conducted in the following components
Component: org.eclipse.rap.ui
Workbench
- WorkbenchAdvisor, WorkbenchWindowAdvisor, ActionBarAdvisor
- extension of menubars / toolbars by extension points
- WorkbenchWindow SelectionService
- WorkbenchPage PartListener
- IWorkbenchPart, IViewPart, IEditorPart
- IWorkbenchPart: maximize, minimize, restore (done)
- IWorkbenchPart: Workbench Actions for opening workbench parts
- IWorkbenchPart: Close-Button (configuarble)
- IEditorInput
- Toolbar, Menu for ViewParts
- ActionSets: IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate
Perspectives
- definition of perspectives by IPerspectiveFactory (partly done - finalizing implementation e.g. StandaloneView)
- Perspective extensions
- Perspective Switcher
- Perspective Actions(open, close etc)
- Perspective Name in WindowTitle
Component: org.eclipse.rap.jface
- Actions
- MenuManager
- CoolBarManager
- Structured Viewers: TreeViewer, TableViewer
- WindowManager, Window, ApplicationWindow
- ImageDescriptor, ImageRegistry
- Dialog Framework (done for the most frequently used classes)
Component: org.eclipse.rap.rwt
- Font: base implementation (done)
- Font: font Size calculation
- Image: ImageLoader with size calculation
- Tree: Extending the functionality to match SWT Tree (e.g. selection should not cause expand event, Images etc.)
- Browser-Widget (mostly done)
- Z-Index (done)
- Text: Modify-Event (done for existing widgets)
- ArmEvents
Community involvement desirable
the implementation of the following functionality will largely depend on community involvement
- StatusBar
- ProgressBar
- Tab order (TraversEvents?)
- Short-Cuts (Accelerator, Commands)
- ControlEditor
- FocusEvent (mostly done)
- Preferences
- Drag&Drop of Workbenchparts
- Columns for the tree widget (used e.g. by the PropertySheet)
Out of scope for version 1.0
- Workspace, Resources
- Help System, context sensitive help, HelpEvents
- KeyEvents
- Low-Level-MouseEvents
- Paint-Events
- Undocked ViewParts
- Navigation
- Accessibility
- SWT-AWT - Bridge
- StyledText
- Cursor