Table of Contents - Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Designing, Coding, and Packaging Java Applications

Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Designing, Coding, and Packaging Java™ Applications By Jeff McAffer, Jean-Michel Lemieux ............................................... Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Pub Date: October 17, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-33461-2 Pages: 552

		Copyright
		The Eclipse Series
			Titles in the Eclipse Series
		Foreword by John Weigand
		Foreword by Jeff Norris
		Acknowledgments
		Preface
			About this Book
			Audience
			Sample Code
			Conventions
			Feedback
		Part I:  Introduction
			Chapter 1.  Eclipse as a Rich Client Platform
				Section 1.1.  Eclipse
				Section 1.2.  The Eclipse Rich Client Platform
				Section 1.3.  Eclipse RCP Over the Years
				Section 1.4.  Uses of RCP
				Section 1.5.  Summary
			Chapter 2.  Eclipse RCP Concepts
				Section 2.1.  A Community of Plug-ins
				Section 2.2.  Inside Plug-ins
				Section 2.3.  Putting a System Together
				Section 2.4.  OSGi Framework
				Section 2.5.  The Runtime
				Section 2.6.  SWT
				Section 2.7.  JFace
				Section 2.8.  UI Workbench
				Section 2.9.  Summary
		Part II:  RCP by Example
			Chapter 3.  Tutorial Introduction
				Section 3.1.  What Is Hyperbola?
				Section 3.2.  The Evolution of Hyperbola
				Section 3.3.  Development Environment Installation
				Section 3.4.  Target Setup
				Section 3.5.  Checkpoint
				Section 3.6.  Sample Code
				Section 3.7.  Learning by Example
				Section 3.8.  Summary
			Chapter 4.  The Hyperbola Application
				Section 4.1.  Hyperbola Hello World
				Section 4.2.  Tour of the Code
				Section 4.3.  Running and Debugging
				Section 4.4.  Summary
			Chapter 5.  Starting the Hyperbola Prototype
				Section 5.1.  Continuing from the Shell
				Section 5.2.  Adding a Contacts View
				Section 5.3.  The Chat Model
				Section 5.4.  Filling in the Contacts View
				Section 5.5.  Adding Images
				Section 5.6.  Summary
				Section 5.7.  Pointers
			Chapter 6.  Adding Actions
				Section 6.1.  Adding to the Menus and Toolbar
				Section 6.2.  Adding to the Status Line
				Section 6.3.  System Tray Integration
				Section 6.4.  Summary
				Section 6.5.  Pointers
			Chapter 7.  Adding a Chat Editor
				Section 7.1.  Views and Editors
				Section 7.2.  Defining the Chat Editor
				Section 7.3.  Checkpoint
				Section 7.4.  Summary
				Section 7.5.  Pointers
			Chapter 8.  Branding Hyperbola
				Section 8.1.  Defining the Hyperbola Product
				Section 8.2.  Window Images
				Section 8.3.  Customizing the Launcher
				Section 8.4.  Splash Screen
				Section 8.5.  About Information
				Section 8.6.  Summary
			Chapter 9.  Packaging Hyperbola
				Section 9.1.  Exporting Hyperbola
				Section 9.2.  Exporting for Other Platforms
				Section 9.3.  Summary
				Section 9.4.  Pointers
			Chapter 10.  Messaging Support
				Section 10.1.  Integrating a Third-Party Library
				Section 10.2.  Refactoring the Model
				Section 10.3.  Updating the UI
				Section 10.4.  Chatting with Eliza
				Section 10.5.  Summary
			Chapter 11.  Adding a Login Dialog
				Section 11.1.  Adding the Login Dialog
				Section 11.2.  Remembering Login Settings
				Section 11.3.  Adding Auto-login Preferences
				Section 11.4.  Summary
			Chapter 12.  Adding Key Bindings
				Section 12.1.  Defining Commands
				Section 12.2.  Checkpoint
				Section 12.3.  Adding Key Bindings for Workbench Actions
				Section 12.4.  Key Configurations
				Section 12.5.  Keys Preference Page
				Section 12.6.  Summary
			Chapter 13.  Adding Help
				Section 13.1.  Adding to the Target Platform
				Section 13.2.  Getting the Help Plug-ins
				Section 13.3.  Configuring the Help Plug-ins
				Section 13.4.  Add the Help Action
				Section 13.5.  Adding Help Content
				Section 13.6.  Help Content Structure
				Section 13.7.  Infopops or F1 Help
				Section 13.8.  Exporting Plug-ins with Help
				Section 13.9.  Summary
				Section 13.10.  Pointers
			Chapter 14.  Adding Update
				Section 14.1.  Getting Update Plug-ins
				Section 14.2.  Configuring the Update Plug-ins
				Section 14.3.  Defining Features
				Section 14.4.  Branding Features
				Section 14.5.  Adding Update Actions
				Section 14.6.  Automatic Updates
				Section 14.7.  Summary
		Part III:  The Workbench
			Chapter 15.  Workbench Advisors
				Section 15.1.  What Is an Advisor?
				Section 15.2.  WorkbenchAdvisor
				Section 15.3.  WorkbenchWindowAdvisor
				Section 15.4.  ActionBarAdvisor
				Section 15.5.  Workbench Overview
				Section 15.6.  Summary
			Chapter 16.  Perspectives, Views, and Editors
				Section 16.1.  Perspectives
				Section 16.2.  Views and Editors
				Section 16.3.  Multiple Workbench Windows
				Section 16.4.  Drag and Drop with Editors
				Section 16.5.  Summary
			Chapter 17.  Actions
				Section 17.1.  Overview
				Section 17.2.  Declarative Actions in Hyperbola
				Section 17.3.  Standard Workbench Actions
				Section 17.4.  Retargetable Actions
				Section 17.5.  Consolidating Declarative Actions
				Section 17.6.  Toolbar Action Tricks
				Section 17.7.  Adding Contributions to the Status Line
				Section 17.8.  Reporting Progress
				Section 17.9.  Summary
			Chapter 18.  Customizing Workbench Windows
				Section 18.1.  Customization Defined
				Section 18.2.  Customizing a Workbench Window
				Section 18.3.  Custom Window Shapes
				Section 18.4.  Summary
			Chapter 19.  Customizing the Presentation of Views and Editors
				Section 19.1.  Presentations
				Section 19.2.  Sample Presentations
				Section 19.3.  Writing a Presentation
				Section 19.4.  Example Presentation
				Section 19.5.  Summary
		Part IV:  Development Processes
			Chapter 20.  Integrating Code Libraries
				Section 20.1.  Plug-ins as JARs
				Section 20.2.  Bundling by Injection
				Section 20.3.  Bundling by Wrapping
				Section 20.4.  Bundling by Reference
				Section 20.5.  Troubleshooting Classloading Problems
				Section 20.6.  Summary
			Chapter 21.  Installing and Updating Plug-ins
				Section 21.1.  Update's Roles
				Section 21.2.  Features
				Section 21.3.  Creating and Managing Update Sites
				Section 21.4.  Example: Dynamic Content Handling
				Section 21.5.  Summary
				Section 21.6.  Pointers
			Chapter 22.  Dynamic Plug-ins
				Section 22.1.  Making Hyperbola Dynamic
				Section 22.2.  Dynamic Challenges
				Section 22.3.  Dynamic-awareness
				Section 22.4.  Dynamic-enablement
				Section 22.5.  Summary
			Chapter 23.  RCP Everywhere
				Section 23.1.  Sample Code
				Section 23.2.  The Scenario
				Section 23.3.  Product Configurations
				Section 23.4.  Hyperbola Product Configurations
				Section 23.5.  Code Structure
				Section 23.6.  Designing a Platform
				Section 23.7.  RCP-friendly Plug-ins
				Section 23.8.  Summary
			Chapter 24.  Building Hyperbola
				Section 24.1.  What Is PDE Build?
				Section 24.2.  Plug-in build.properties
				Section 24.3.  Feature build.properties
				Section 24.4.  Setting Up a Hyperbola Builder
				Section 24.5.  Running the Builder
				Section 24.6.  Building Products
				Section 24.7.  Cross-platform Building
				Section 24.8.  Tweaking the Build
				Section 24.9.  Summary
			Chapter 25.  The Last Mile
				Section 25.1.  Archives
				Section 25.2.  Native Installers
				Section 25.3.  Java Web Start (JNLP)
				Section 25.4.  Update Sites
				Section 25.5.  Initializing the Install
				Section 25.6.  Pre-initialized Configurations
				Section 25.7.  Multi-user Install Scenarios
				Section 25.8.  Summary
				Section 25.9.  Pointers
		Part V:  Reference
			Chapter 26.  OSGi Essentials
				Section 26.1.  OSGi and the Eclipse Runtime
				Section 26.2.  The Shape of Plug-ins
				Section 26.3.  Fragments
				Section 26.4.  Version Numbering
				Section 26.5.  Services
				Section 26.6.  Singletons
				Section 26.7.  Bundle Lifecycle
				Section 26.8.  Early Activation
				Section 26.9.  Auto-activation
				Section 26.10.  Classloading
				Section 26.11.  Data Areas
				Section 26.12.  Putting It All Together
				Section 26.13.  Summary
			Chapter 27.  Eclipse.org Plug-ins
				Section 27.1.  Where to Find Plug-ins
				Section 27.2.  Eclipse Platform Plug-ins
				Section 27.3.  Product Introduction
				Section 27.4.  Resources
				Section 27.5.  Text Editing
				Section 27.6.  Consoles
				Section 27.7.  Variables
				Section 27.8.  Outline and Property Views
				Section 27.9.  Forms
				Section 27.10.  Browser
				Section 27.11.  Summary
		Index