Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

Eclipse Platform API Specification

Packages
org.eclipse.ant.core Provides support for running the Ant build tool in the platform.
org.eclipse.compare Provides support for performing structural and textual compare operations on arbitrary data and displaying the results.
org.eclipse.compare.contentmergeviewer Support for compare and merge viewers which show the content side-by-side.
org.eclipse.compare.rangedifferencer Provides support for finding the differences between two or three sequences of comparable entities.
org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer Provides support for finding and displaying the differences between hierarchically structured data.
org.eclipse.core.commands Application programming interfaces for commands and handlers.
org.eclipse.core.commands.common Application programming interfaces for common base classes.
org.eclipse.core.commands.contexts Application programming interfaces for contexts.
org.eclipse.core.commands.operations Classes for the creation of undoable operations which can be added to an operations history and later be undone and redone.
org.eclipse.core.expressions Application programming interfaces for the expression language.
org.eclipse.core.filebuffers Provides the API for accessing file buffers.
org.eclipse.core.filebuffers.manipulation Provides the API for manipulating file buffers.
org.eclipse.core.launcher Launches the Eclipse Platform.
org.eclipse.core.resources Provides basic support for managing a workspace and its resources.
org.eclipse.core.resources.refresh Provides APIs intended to be implemented by the auto-refresh providers.
org.eclipse.core.resources.team Provides APIs intended to be implemented by the Team component.
org.eclipse.core.runtime Provides core support for plug-ins and the plug-in registry.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor Provides API to start the platform.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.content Provides core support for content types.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.dynamichelpers Provides helpers to facilitate the authoring of dynamic plug-ins.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs Provides core support for scheduling and interacting with background activity.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.model Provides core support for the modeling plug-ins and the plug-in registry.
org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences Provides core support for Eclipse preferences.
org.eclipse.core.variables Provides support for defining and contributing variables for the purpose of string substitution.
org.eclipse.debug.core Provides support for launching programs, breakpoint management, expression management, and debug events.
org.eclipse.debug.core.model Defines interfaces for debug model elements, source lookup, and launching.
org.eclipse.debug.core.sourcelookup Provides support for source lookup.
org.eclipse.debug.core.sourcelookup.containers Provides implementations of common source containers supporting source lookup.
org.eclipse.debug.ui Provides a generic debugger user interface that clients may customize via standard workbench extension points.
org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions

Provides a set of actions related to running and debugging applications.

org.eclipse.debug.ui.console

Provides a set of interfaces and classes for rendering and annotating text in the debug console.

org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory  
org.eclipse.debug.ui.sourcelookup Provides a user interface for debug platform source lookup facilities.
org.eclipse.help Provides core help system for the platform.
org.eclipse.help.browser Provides interfaces that need to be implemented by web browser adapters.
org.eclipse.help.ui.browser Provides an implementation of IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate for opening a URL in a browser.
org.eclipse.jface.action Provides support for shared UI resources such as menus, tool bars, and status lines.
org.eclipse.jface.bindings Provides support for bindings between commands and various user input events (e.g., keyboard shortcuts).
org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys Provides support for bindings between commands and keys.
org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.formatting Provides support for formatting key sequences.
org.eclipse.jface.commands Provides JFace-specific support for commands.
org.eclipse.jface.contentassist Provides a content assist add-on for implementors of IContentAssistSubjectControl.
org.eclipse.jface.contexts Provides JFace-specific support for contexts.
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs Provides support for dialogs.
org.eclipse.jface.operation Provides JFace support for long-running operations.
org.eclipse.jface.preference Provides a framework for preferences.
org.eclipse.jface.resource Provides support for managing resources such as SWT fonts and images.
org.eclipse.jface.text Provides a framework for creating and manipulating text documents.
org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist Provides a content assist add-on for an ITextViewer.
org.eclipse.jface.text.formatter Provides a content formatter add-on for an ITextViewer.
org.eclipse.jface.text.hyperlink  
org.eclipse.jface.text.information Provides an information provider add-on for an ITextViewer.
org.eclipse.jface.text.link Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse Java User Interface text support.
org.eclipse.jface.text.presentation Provides a presentation reconciler add-on for an ITextViewer.
org.eclipse.jface.text.projection This package provides an implementation of projection documents.
org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler Provides a reconciler add-on for an ITextViewer.
org.eclipse.jface.text.rules Provides a framework for rule based text scanning and uses the framework to provide rule-driven default implementations of IPresentationDamager, IPresentationRepairer and IDocumentPartitioner.
org.eclipse.jface.text.source Provides a support for managing annotations attached to a document.
org.eclipse.jface.text.source.projection  
org.eclipse.jface.text.templates Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse Java User Interface text support.
org.eclipse.jface.text.templates.persistence Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse Java User Interface text support.
org.eclipse.jface.util Provides useful building blocks used throughout JFace, including property change events, a listener list implementation, and runtime checked assertions.
org.eclipse.jface.viewers Provides a framework for viewers, which are model-based content adapters for SWT widgets.
org.eclipse.jface.window Provides a general framework for creating and managing windows.
org.eclipse.jface.wizard Provides a framework for wizards.
org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring Application programmer interface to implement semantic preserving workspace transformations.
org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants Application programmer interface to participant in existing rename, move and delete refactorings if the refactoring provider supports participation.
org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring Application programmer interface to implement a wizard based user interface for refactorings.
org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation Provides the Location service.
org.eclipse.osgi.util Provides utility classes for NLS support and bundle manifest header parsing.
org.eclipse.search.ui Classes and interface required to contribute search dialog pages and search result view pages.
org.eclipse.search.ui.text Provides the base classes to implement a search result view part for searches with textual matches.
org.eclipse.swt SWT constants and error handling support.
org.eclipse.swt.accessibility SWT Accessibility.
org.eclipse.swt.awt SWT AWT embedding support.
org.eclipse.swt.browser SWT Browser widget.
org.eclipse.swt.custom SWT Custom widgets.
org.eclipse.swt.dnd SWT Drag and Drop support.
org.eclipse.swt.events SWT typed listener support.
org.eclipse.swt.graphics SWT graphics classes.
org.eclipse.swt.layout This package contains the SWT layout classes.
org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32 SWT Win32 OLE implementation classes.
org.eclipse.swt.printing SWT Printing support classes.
org.eclipse.swt.program SWT Program support class.
org.eclipse.swt.widgets SWT widget public API classes.
org.eclipse.team.core Application programming interfaces for defining and working with repository providers.
org.eclipse.team.core.subscribers Application programming interfaces for generating and refreshing synchronization state.
org.eclipse.team.core.synchronize Application programming interfaces for managing synchronization state.
org.eclipse.team.core.variants Application programming interfaces for accessing and managing resource variants.
org.eclipse.team.ui Provides basic support for managing Team providers.
org.eclipse.team.ui.synchronize Contains the team synchronization presentation framework and support for the Synchronize View.
org.eclipse.text.edits  
org.eclipse.ui Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.about Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform About dialog.
org.eclipse.ui.actions Classes for actions and operations used in a workbench window, page, or part in the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.activities Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.application Application-level APIs for configuring and controling the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.branding  
org.eclipse.ui.browser Web browser support APIs for opening URLs from Eclipse applications Package Specification This package provides APIs that allow Eclipse plug-ins to create instances of Web browsers and open URLs in them.
org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets Provides support for working with cheat sheets.
org.eclipse.ui.commands  
org.eclipse.ui.console Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse console.
org.eclipse.ui.console.actions

Application programming interfaces for Eclipse console specific actions.

org.eclipse.ui.contentassist Provides a content assist add-on for implementors of IContentAssistSubjectControl.
org.eclipse.ui.contexts Provides support for integrating contexts into the Eclipse workbench.
org.eclipse.ui.dialogs Classes for standard dialogs, wizards, and preference pages in the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.editors.text Provides a standard text editor and concrete document providers based IFileBuffer and others directly handling IFile and IStorage as editor input.
org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.templates Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse Java User Interface text support.
org.eclipse.ui.forms Forms-based controls for use in views, editors, and wizards.
org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor Support for forms-based multi-page editors.
org.eclipse.ui.forms.events Events and listeners for forms-based parts.
org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets Custom widgets and controls for forms-based parts.
org.eclipse.ui.handlers Provides support for integrating handlers into the Eclipse workbench.
org.eclipse.ui.help Classes for integration with the help support system in the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.ide APIs for the IDE-specific portion of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.ide.dialogs APIs for dialogs in the IDE-specific portion of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.intro Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.intro.config  
org.eclipse.ui.keys Provides support for integrating keys into the Eclipse workbench.
org.eclipse.ui.model Provides a workbench adapter for displaying workbench elements in the UI without having to know the concrete type of the element, and various label providers for workbench-specific objects like editors, views, and perspectives.
org.eclipse.ui.operations Classes that provide the basic workbench UI support for undo and redo of operations.
org.eclipse.ui.part Classes for the creation of workbench parts that integrate with the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.plugin Class hierarchies for plug-ins that integrate with the Eclipse Platform UI.
org.eclipse.ui.preferences Classes for using the preferences support in org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences Package Specification This package has the convenience classes provided by the Eclipse workbench for use by clients who wish to use the core preference support added in 3.0.
org.eclipse.ui.presentations  
org.eclipse.ui.progress Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.testing  
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor Provides a framework for text editors obeying to the desktop rules.
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.link  
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.quickdiff Provides interfaces to for the org.eclipse.ui.editors.quickDiffReferenceProvider extension point and adds an action to enable quick diff display for an editor.
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.spelling  
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.templates Application programming interfaces for interaction with the Eclipse Java User Interface text support.
org.eclipse.ui.themes Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.views Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.views.bookmarkexplorer Provides the standard Bookmarks view which displays bookmarks on resources.
org.eclipse.ui.views.contentoutline Provides the standard Content Outline view which can show the active editor's custom outline for the document being edited.
org.eclipse.ui.views.framelist Provides support for a web-browser style of navigation within a view by maintaining a list of frames.
org.eclipse.ui.views.markers Utility classes for working with markers in views
 
org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator Provides the standard Resource Navigator view which presents the tree of resources in the workspace.
org.eclipse.ui.views.properties Provides the standard Property Sheet view which displays custom properties of the active workbench part's current selection.
org.eclipse.ui.views.tasklist Provides the standard Task List view for displaying tasks and problem annotations on resources.
org.eclipse.ui.wizards Application programming interfaces for interaction with and extension of the Eclipse Platform User Interface.
org.eclipse.ui.wizards.datatransfer Provides the standard Import and Export wizards for moving resources into and out of the workspace.
org.eclipse.ui.wizards.newresource Provides the standard wizards for creating files, folders, and projects in the workspace.
org.eclipse.update.configuration Provides support for accessing local installation information.
org.eclipse.update.configurator Provides support for accessing platform configuration data.
org.eclipse.update.core Provides support for extending the base installation and update services.
org.eclipse.update.core.model Provides model support for extending the base installation and update services.
org.eclipse.update.operations Provides support for performing various install/update operations.
org.eclipse.update.search Provides support for performing searches and filtering of features.
org.eclipse.update.standalone Provides support for performing various install/update operations from the command line.

 


Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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