This document discusses new features in Eclipse 4 for developers, including using CSS in RCP applications, modeling the workbench and renderer with services, dependency injection with annotations instead of overriding classes, using the event broker for communication between components, and a compatibility layer for migrating Eclipse 3 plug-ins to Eclipse 4.

1. Cool stuff in Eclipse 4 for
developers.
Eclipse DemoCamp Grenoble 2012
Mickael Istria
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2. (Very easy) CSS in RCP app
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3. Modeled Workbench and Renderer

4. Services
New API Grain:
o.e.eclipse.e4.core.services.log.Lo
o.e.core.databinding.observable.Realm gger
o.e.core.runtime.dynamichelpers.IExtensionTr
acker o.e.e4.core.services.translation.Tr
o.e.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry anslationService
o.e.core.runtime.Platform o.e.e4.ui.css.swt.theme.IThemeEn
o.e.e4.core.commands.ECommandService gine
o.e.e4.core.commands.EHandlerService o.e.e4.ui.services.IStylingEngine
o.e.e4.core.services.adapter.Adapter
o.e.e4.ui.workbench.IPresentation
o.e.e4.core.services.events.IEventBroker
Engine
o.e.e4.ui.workbench.IResourceUtili
ties

5. Dependency Injection (DI)
Don't seek an object: @Inject it!
Service
Don't override/implement classes, use POJO with Annotations

6. Event Broker
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse4/RCP/Event_Model

7. Compatibility Layer
Necessary bundles to get
compatibility to work:
org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.addo
ns.swt
org.eclipse.equinox.ds
org.eclipse.equinox.event
org.eclipse.equinox.util
org.eclipse.platform
org.eclipse.ui.forms
org.eclipse.ui.intro