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We got our first developer milestone build for JBoss Tools which targets Eclipse
3.6/Helios.
http://in.relation.to/service/File/10824 http://in.relation.to/service/File/10824
h4. 3.2.0.M1
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h3. Eclipse 3.6/Helios & Java 5
This release is the first milestone that targets Eclipse 3.6/Helios. This means you should
only use this with Eclipse 3.6; if you want to stay on Eclipse 3.5 continue to use JBoss
Tools 3.1.
Some plugins might still work, but by default the target is Eclipse 3.6.
We also moved our Target Java platform to Java 5 thus if you are still running Java 1.4 on
your desktop it is time to upgrade.
Please be aware there a two major known issues with Eclipse 3.5.0, see the "Known
Issues" section if you are having problems.
h3. 100% Tycho Build
This release of the plugins is the first release that uses Maven with the Tycho plugin to
build and package the plugin distribution.
Tycho still has its quirks but the quirks are far far less than "Good'old"
PDE Build; we plan to do even faster release cycles/builds in the future and using Tycho
is a major part of this.
h3. New Features Overview
This milestone covers beyond the Eclipse 3.6 migration and integration new features across
the board. The highlights for this release for me is:
h6. JPA 2 Support
Hibernate Tools integration with Eclipse JPA/Dali now supports JPA 2 tooling.
h6. JSF 2 Quick fixes and refactoring
Writing and editing JSF 2 Composite components becomes much easier in this release with
quick fixes for missing attributes or folders to composite components and even refactoring
of attribute names gets reflected in the interface component section.
h6. Externalize Strings for XHTML
If you know the externalize strings in Eclipse for Java code then you know how the
Externalize Strings for XHTML works.
It allows you to select a string, choose externalize String and JBoss Tools will take care
of creating the resource bundle if necessary, give it a name and replace the string with
the apropriate EL expression. This makes it easier to do internationalization(i18n).
This is a feature we have been asked for a few times thus we are very much interested in
hearing feedback on how it works for you.
h6. CDI Wizards and Validation
There are now wizards to create the common annotation types in CDI such as Qualifiers,
Sterotypes, Scope and Interceptor Binding.
The validation of CDI constructs have also been further expanded, covering about 60 TCK
based validations giving developers an early warning if things are not correctly wired up
in the sourcecode.
h6. jBPM 3 Deployment
The deployment mechanism for jBPM within the plugin have been revamped to be more
consistent and userfriendly. Removing the need to type too much manually and giving better
freedom for how processes can be stored and structured. i.e. before one directory could
only have one process, it can now have multiple.
h6. JAX-WS and "Rest" Webservice Tester
Finally but definitly not least is the new "Webservice Tester" which allows you
to very easily directly from within Eclipse perform JAX-WS requests or basic
"Rest" style requests (read: basic HTTP operations) and inspect the result. If
you found the WTP provided Web Service explorer too limited and found other Web Service
plugins too complex/heavyweight to install use then give this a try - it's nice and
simple.
That were my current highlights, alot of other things were done for this release together
with a good set of bugfixes. You can view more details about the above including
screenshots on the
http://docs.jboss.org/tools/whatsnew What's New page.
h3. Known Issues
Unfortunately there are two known issues in Eclipse 3.6.0 and Web Tools 3.2.0 that is
affecting JBoss Tools (and many other eclipse plugins) you should be aware of before
installing Eclipse 3.6.
If you use Oracle (previously Sun) Java SDK 6 Update 21, then be aware you have to
manually specify permgen when starting Eclipse since otherwise you will quickly get an out
of memory exception or related error because of
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=319514 this Eclipse bug. Note, any previous
Oracle/Sun JDK will work fine, it is only Java 6 Update 21 that is causing problems.
Workaround is to start eclipse with explicit memory arguments, i.e. eclipse -vmargs
-Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
The Web Tools issue is deployment and management of WTP Servers can be very slow for
projects with high number of files because of a
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=316032 bug in Eclipse WTP.
Both of these bug is set to be fixed in the soon to be released Eclipse SDK 3.6.1 and WTP
3.2.1.
h3. What's Next ?
The next release (3.2.0.M2) is already being built on and are available in the nightly
builds; you can already start using these if you want to and follow the jira and forums
for details.
As always feedback is welcome and we look forward to hear your input and other
contributions.
Have Fun!
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