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| <h1>Starting Eclipse from Java</h1> |
| <p>Last modified June 1, 2007</p> |
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| The Eclipse Platform makes heavy use of Java class loaders for loading plug-ins. Even the Eclipse Runtime itself |
| and the OSGi framework need to be loaded by special class loaders. Client programs, such as a Java main program |
| or a servlet, cannot directly reference any part of Eclipse directly. Instead, a client must use |
| the <b>EclipseStarter</b> class in <b>org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor</b> to start the platform, |
| invoking functionality defined in plug-ins, and shutting down the platform when done. |
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| Clients that do not need to access any particular function, but just need to start the platform, can use |
| <tt>org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run()</tt> in the bundle <tt>org.eclipse.equinox.launcher</tt>. However, clients that need to invoke specific function should use |
| <b>EclipseStarter</b>. See the javadoc inside this class for details. |
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