Mylyn/Porting Guide

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Porting from Mylar 1.0 to 2.0

Tasks Framework

• ITaskListElement: now extends java.lang.Comparable, so Collections support of sorting can be used, since task list elements have a natural ordering. Default implementations are provided for tasks and containers. (bug 171590)
• TasksUiUtil
  • openUrl(String url): moved to openBrowser(String url)
• Task
  • getTooltipText(): deleted, not used
• MylarStatus (place holder, will improve as we solidify this)
  • MylarStatusHandler.displayStatus(dialog title, IStatus status) - call to display error and information dialogs
  • When returning CoreException pass in a MylarStatus with appropriate code (see IMylarStatusConstants).
  • If IMylarStatusConstants.INTERNAL_ERROR is set to MylarStatusHandler.displayStatus an error dialog will appear and the error will be logged.