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Towards dynamic plug-in replacement in Eclipse plug-in development

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Allan Raundahl Gregersen,

Bo Nørregaard JørgensenAuthors Info & Claims

eclipse '07: Proceedings of the 2007 OOPSLA workshop on eclipse technology eXchange

Pages 41 - 45

https://doi.org/10.1145/1328279.1328288

Published: 21 October 2007 Publication History

Abstract

Although the Eclipse IDE offers an extremely useful built-in support for developing Eclipse plug-ins, it lacks the ability to perform dynamic updates of plug-ins in a running instance of the application being developed. Because of the nature of the Eclipse architecture and its strict class-loader delegation, plug-ins can only communicate through well-defined APIs. By applying a novel dynamic update approach to the eclipse plug-in development environment that exploits this knowledge, a new API are defined, namely the Dynamic API. This paper discusses some of the ordinary binary compatible changes that lead to erroneous program behaviour if not properly handled. Furthermore, it discusses how applying a dynamic update approach at development time gives developers a unique chance to experiment with dynamic updates without risking a costly shutdown of a real-life application.

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Ji-yi Xu Bin Xie Jin-lin Zhai (2011)The implementation method and improvement of media piug-in in SecondLife 3D platformProceedings of 2011 International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology10.1109/ICCSNT.2011.6182287(1669-1673)Online publication date: Dec-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSNT.2011.6182287
Gregersen AJørgensen B(2009)Dynamic update of Java applications—balancing change flexibility vs programming transparencyJournal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice10.5555/1526497.152650121:2(81-112)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1526497.1526501
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Towards dynamic plug-in replacement in Eclipse plug-in development
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Modules / packages

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Mariani LPastore F(2012)MASH: tool integration made easySoftware: Practice and Experience10.1002/spe.212943:4(419-433)Online publication date: May-2012
https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.2129
Ji-yi Xu Bin Xie Jin-lin Zhai (2011)The implementation method and improvement of media piug-in in SecondLife 3D platformProceedings of 2011 International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology10.1109/ICCSNT.2011.6182287(1669-1673)Online publication date: Dec-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCSNT.2011.6182287
Gregersen AJørgensen B(2009)Dynamic update of Java applications—balancing change flexibility vs programming transparencyJournal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice10.5555/1526497.152650121:2(81-112)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1526497.1526501
Gregersen AJørgensen B(2009)Dynamic update of Java applications—balancing change flexibility vs programming transparencyJournal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice10.1002/smr.40621:2(81-112)Online publication date: 26-Mar-2009
https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.406

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