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= ResourceNavigator End of Life =
  
With the advent of the [[Common Navigator Framework]] CNF in release 3.2 it is now time to start the end of life
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With the advent of the [[Common Navigator Framework]] (CNF) in release 3.2 it is now time to start the end of life process for the ResourceNavigator (RN).
process for the ResourceNavigator (RN).
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With the 3.5 release CNF has nearly all of the capabilities of the RN, with the following exceptions (please add to the list if I missed anything):
  
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* [CommonNavigator] add the same sorting in Project Explorer that was in Navigator - [http://bugs.eclipse.org/208801 208801]
  
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Here is the plan for end of life for the RN:
  
I agree with the end goal (eventual complete replacement of RN with CNF),
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* Notify everyone of the RN end of life (3.5M6 - done)
and deprecating the Java API in 3.5 certainly makes sense. However,
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* Deprecate the RN APIs and things like IPageLayout.ID_RES_NAV (3.5M6 - done)
withdrawing the Navigator's view contribution in 3.5 seems to be a big
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* Make sure no SDK perspectives include the RN in their default layout (3.5M6 - done)
change at this point in the release cycle. There will be many perspectives
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* Implement remaining RN functionality above (3.5M7 or 3.6 early)
out there that still contain the Navigator, and products targeting 3.5 that
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* Remove references to the RN from the ISV guide and user documentation (3.5M7)
for whatever reason will still using it in their app layouts. Although it
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* Go through all outstanding RN defects and enhancement requests and either close them or move them to CNF as required (3.5M7)
was never intended for use in RCP apps, I know there are quite a few RCP
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* Move the RN API and views into separate plugin (from org.eclipse.ui.ide) (3.6M1)
applications out there that use it (or at least used to). My suggestion for
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* Replace all Platform UI tests that use the RN by the CNF (3.5M7 or 3.6M1)
an orderly death would be:
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* Remove this new plugin from the platform feature (perhaps in 3.6, or else in 4.0). org.eclipse.ui.ide version would need to bump to 4.0 at this point.
  
- Deprecate all APIs immediately but leave everything in place.
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As with everything else this is a work in progress, and I welcome feedback and comments that you can send to  
- Make sure none of the SDK perspectives contain the Navigator in their
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[mailto:francisu@ieee.org Francis Upton, Platform UI Committer].
default layout.
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- Advertise that it is deprecated and encourage people to move to CNF
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- Immediately after the 3.5 release, split the navigator view and APIs out
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of org.eclipse.ui.ide into a separate plug-in.
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- At some point remove this plug-in from the platform feature (perhaps in
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3.6, or else in 4.0). org.eclipse.ui.ide version would need to bump to 4.0
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at this point.
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This way the view is still available for people who still need it for
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whatever reason. And, with the slightly higher bar of having it in a
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separate bundle outside the platform, there will be strong incentive for
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people to move to the Project Explorer.
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Note there are likely bits and pieces of API outside the navigator API
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package that will also need deprecating. IPageLayout.ID_RES_NAV comes to
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mind, for example.
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Latest revision as of 12:44, 10 March 2009

ResourceNavigator End of Life

With the advent of the Common Navigator Framework (CNF) in release 3.2 it is now time to start the end of life process for the ResourceNavigator (RN).

With the 3.5 release CNF has nearly all of the capabilities of the RN, with the following exceptions (please add to the list if I missed anything):

  • [CommonNavigator] add the same sorting in Project Explorer that was in Navigator - 208801

Here is the plan for end of life for the RN:

  • Notify everyone of the RN end of life (3.5M6 - done)
  • Deprecate the RN APIs and things like IPageLayout.ID_RES_NAV (3.5M6 - done)
  • Make sure no SDK perspectives include the RN in their default layout (3.5M6 - done)
  • Implement remaining RN functionality above (3.5M7 or 3.6 early)
  • Remove references to the RN from the ISV guide and user documentation (3.5M7)
  • Go through all outstanding RN defects and enhancement requests and either close them or move them to CNF as required (3.5M7)
  • Move the RN API and views into separate plugin (from org.eclipse.ui.ide) (3.6M1)
  • Replace all Platform UI tests that use the RN by the CNF (3.5M7 or 3.6M1)
  • Remove this new plugin from the platform feature (perhaps in 3.6, or else in 4.0). org.eclipse.ui.ide version would need to bump to 4.0 at this point.

As with everything else this is a work in progress, and I welcome feedback and comments that you can send to Francis Upton, Platform UI Committer.

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