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ICE does not require any source code changes to work with the Eclipse 3.x to 4.x bridge. However, the following lines must be added to the product section of the <tt>gov.ornl.ice.client.eclipse.rcp</tt> plugin.xml file's "product" section: | ICE does not require any source code changes to work with the Eclipse 3.x to 4.x bridge. However, the following lines must be added to the product section of the <tt>gov.ornl.ice.client.eclipse.rcp</tt> plugin.xml file's "product" section: | ||
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Revision as of 12:29, 7 March 2015
This page describes the migration of ICE from an Eclipse 3.7.2 (Indigo) RCP application to an Eclipse 4.2.2 (Juno) application. The migration is a long running effort and will not be complete until Eclipse 4.x natively supports Eclipse Forms without the 3.x to 4.x bridge. ICE currently runs fine on a 4.x build using the bridge, but ideally, every piece of ICE would be migrated from the 3.x RCP to the 4.x EAP.
ICE's Eclipse 4 plug-in is called gov.ornl.ice.client.e4 and is available in the branches directory of the repository.
Contents
Time table for full adoption
The public release of ICE will be built on Eclipse 4 using the bridge sometime in late April after under going thorough tests to compare it to the Indigo-based version.
There are no plans to migrate to a native Eclipse 4 port until Forms are supported.
Changes for the 3.x to 4.x bridge
ICE does not require any source code changes to work with the Eclipse 3.x to 4.x bridge. However, the following lines must be added to the product section of the gov.ornl.ice.client.eclipse.rcp plugin.xml file's "product" section:
<property
name="applicationXMI"
value="org.eclipse.platform/LegacyIDE.e4xmi>
</property>
<property
name="cssTheme"
value="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.theme.e4_default>
</property>
ICE must also be built on a 4.x target. We recommend the pre-configured 4.2.2 target that can be found in the ICE Repository