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<p class="ueberschrift">Internet Tools</p>
<p>The internet component contains Internet preferences (e.g. proxy
server configuration), Web browser support, and the TCP/IP monitor. The
component lead is Tim deBoer.</p>
<p class="ueberschrift">WST Internet Plugins</p>
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<li>TCP/IP Monitor
<ul>
<li>org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.core**</li>
<li>org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.ui**</li>
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<li>Monitor for Web pages, Web services
<ul>
<li>Shows request from client and the servers response</li>
<li>Useful for understanding applications, debugging, etc.</li>
<li>Supports TCP/IP and HTTP</li>
<li>View bytes, images, or XML</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Web Browser utilities
<ul>
<li>org.eclipse.wst.internet.webbrowser</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The internal Web browser and support for launching external
browsers moved into Eclipse in 3.1M6</li>
<li>Utilities for the Eclipse browser plugin
<ul>
<li>Easily switch between browsers, toolbar button to open internal
browser</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Proxy Settings
<ul>
<li>org.eclipse.wst.internet.proxy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Manage internet proxy configuration and JRE properties
<ul>
<li>Preference page</li>
<li>HTTP proxy servers and firewalls</li>
<li>Authenticating proxy servers</li>
<li>SOCKS</li>
<li>Likely to move to Eclipse 3.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Internet Cache
<ul>
<li>org.eclipse.wst.internet.cache</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Caches documents requested from the internet
<ul>
<li>Currently only used by the XML catalog</li>
</ul>
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<p class="note">** Contains provisional API</p>
<p class="ueberschrift">API<a name="API"></a> Status</p>
<ul>
<li>API is basically ready to go. Based on past experience we're
reasonably comfortable with the current content</li>
<li>Reasonable validation through several servers and API users in WTP</li>
<li>BEA and IBM are both in the process of validating the API
internally</li>
<li>Provisional APIs:
<ul>
<li>TCP/IP Monitor</li>
<li>Parts of server tools relating to features</li>
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<p class="ueberschrift">For more information</p>
<ul>
<li>Component overviews
<ul>
<li>Overviews exist for all three components (wst.internet,
wst.server, jst.server) on the WTP website</li>
<li>Some documentation about specific function:
<ul>
<li>Run on Server</li>
<li>Generic servers</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>EclipseCon presentation</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>API javadoc in code or in online help</li>
<li>Bugzilla
<ul>
<li>Feel free to open enhancement requests for unclear javadoc,
further documentation you'd like to see, etc.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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