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Scout/Coding Guidelines
The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.
This page collects the coding guidelines for the Eclipse Scout project
API Compatibility
The scout RT API are downwards compatible with your the previous release. Some modifications are marked with the keyword migration in bugzilla meaning that some modifications are requested.
Additions
Addition of a method on an interface is allowed if the default implementation is provided:
This holds for
- Abstract model classes: e.g. org.eclipse.scout.rt.client.ui.form.fields.stringfield.AbstractStringField
- UI Fields: e.g. rg.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.swing.AbstractSwingEnvironment, org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.swing.form.fields.browserfield.internal.SwingScoutBrowserField
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