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| <h1>AJDT v1.1.11 - New and Noteworthy</h1> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Welcome pages</b></td> |
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| <p>Entries have been added to the Eclipse welcome pages for the |
| AJDT help pages, cheat sheet, and examples.</p> |
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| <p><img src="welcome.png" width="352" height="68"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>AspectJ cheat sheet</b></td> |
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| <p>A new cheat sheet has been included to help you get started |
| with AspectJ. It can be accessed via <b>Help > Cheat Sheets |
| > AspectJ.</b> If this feature is deemed useful, further |
| cheat sheets may be added in future releases.</p> |
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| <p><img src="cheatsheet.PNG" width="291" height="309"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New format for build configurations</b></td> |
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| <p>A better mechanism is now available for specifying which |
| source files to compile, and to allow easy switching between |
| multiple configurations. The existing <b>.lst</b> format is |
| simply a list of files, whereas the new <b>.ajproperties</b> |
| format allows more expressive declarations of which folders and |
| files to include and an optional list of folders and files to |
| exclude. Also, the standard properties file format used allows |
| for improved integration with external tools like Ant.</p> |
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| <p>Support is included for converting between <b>.lst</b> files |
| and <b>.ajproperties</b> files. Also, the examples available via |
| <b>New > Other > AspectJ > AspectJ Examples</b> have |
| been updated to use these new configuration files.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Dynamic build configurations</b></td> |
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| <p>Source files and packages can now be dynamically included and |
| excluded from the current build configuration directly from the |
| Package Explorer, simply by right-clicking on the appropriate |
| resource and selecting the include or exclude menu |
| options. Affected resources are decorated appropriately to show |
| whether or not they are included.</p> |
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| <p><img src="includeexclude.png" width="225" height="315"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New build configuration editor</b></td> |
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| <p>Associated with the new <b>.ajproperties</b> files (and |
| replacing the old <b>.lst</b> file editor), this editor provides |
| an alternative way of editing a build configuration. Unlike the |
| menu options available from the Package Explorer, the editor can |
| be used on any build configuration, not just the active one.</p> |
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| <p><img src="ajprops-editor.png" width="344" height="308"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New AspectJ compiler preferences</b></td> |
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| <p>A new <b>AspectJ > Compiler</b> preference page has been |
| added, similar to the Java Compiler page.</p> |
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| <p>The <b>Style</b> tab |
| allows you to configure the AspectJ compiler settings for |
| various coding issues which can either be ignored, or appear as |
| warnings or errors in the Problems view.</p> |
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| width="481" height="168"></p> |
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| <p>The <b>Advanced</b> |
| tab allows additional options to be set in the compiler, with |
| a brief explanation of each one.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New icons</b></td> |
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| <p>All of the icons across AJDT have been overhauled to bring |
| the tools into line with Eclipse 3.0. The icons for pointcuts, |
| advice, etc, have been redrawn in the Eclipse 3.0 style. |
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| <p><img src="outline.PNG" width="286" height="479"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New gutter annotations</b></td> |
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| <p>The gutter annotations have been completely overhauled. |
| There are now different gutter annotations depending on the kind |
| of advice (before/after/around) and these are marked with a '?' |
| if there is a test that will be executed at runtime to determine |
| whether the advice should run.</p> |
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| <p>Warnings and errors resulting from declare warning/error |
| statements have new icons to distinguish them from normal |
| errors/warnings:</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Inter-type declarations</b></td> |
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| <p>Inter-type declarations now appear as gutter markers in the |
| editor, and as stripes in the Visualiser.</p> |
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| <p><img src="itd_markers.png" width="576" height="325"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>InPath and AspectPath</b></td> |
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| <p>We now support the Eclipse approach for specifying these |
| kinds of classpath entity, rather than requiring the user to |
| enter a string. There are two new project properties pages for |
| this.</p> |
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| <p><img src="aspectpath.PNG" width="495" height="205"></p> |
| <p><img src="inpath.PNG" width="495" height="205"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Weaving messages</b></td> |
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| <p>There is a new <b>AspectJ > Output weaving info |
| messages</b> option under properties for AspectJ |
| projects. Setting this causes informational weaving messages to |
| appear in the <b>Problems</b> view after the project has been |
| built.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Improved support for plug-in projects</b></td> |
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| <p>Converting a plug-in project to an AspectJ project will now |
| automatically add the <b>org.aspectj.ajde</b> plug-in to your |
| project's list of required plug-ins. Projects will no longer |
| lose the AspectJ runtime library from the build path after |
| asking PDE to automatically calculate it. </p> |
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| <p><img src="pluginprojects.png" width="382" height="228"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New extensible Visualiser</b></td> |
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| <p>The Visualiser is now an extensible component with its own |
| extension points defined if you want to visualize your own data. |
| AJDT provides an extension that shows us the normal view that |
| AJDT users expect to see, with a number of enhancements: |
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| <li>New, clearer icons.</li> |
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| <p><img src="visualiser.png" width="484" height="23"></p> |
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| <li>Keyboard navigation, using the cursor keys or Tab and |
| Shift-Tab keys to traverse stripes. F2 displays a stripe's |
| tooltip, and pressing the space key opens an editor at the |
| appropriate location.</li> |
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| <li>Integrated help system.</li> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New visualisation options</b></td> |
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| <p>The following options have been added to the Visualiser:</p> |
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| <li>Improved support for large projects, including more colours |
| set by default in the menu, plus <b>Select All</b> and <b>Select |
| None</b> actions. |
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| <li>A new preferences page that allows configuration of minimum |
| and maximum bar width and minimum stripe height.</li> |
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| <li>Optional demarcation between classes in the package view:</li> |
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| <p><img src="demarcation.png" width="378" height="317"></p> |
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| <li><b>Absolute proportions</b> mode, where each line is at |
| least the minimum stripe height, so that stripes cannot overlap |
| each other. With this option disabled (the default), the bars |
| may be compressed vertically to fit within the view, like |
| this:</li> |
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| <p>With absolute proportions enabled the bars are not compressed, |
| and scrollbars are used if required:</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>ajdoc wizard</b></td> |
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| <p>The ajdoc tool is the AspectJ replacement for javadoc. There is |
| a new wizard similar to the javadoc wizard which makes use of this |
| tool. It can be accessed via the <b>Project > Generate |
| ajdoc...</b> menu option.</p> |
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| <p><img src="ajdoc.png" width="463" height="191"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Breakpoints in aspects</b></td> |
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| <p>It is now possible to set breakpoints inside aspects. This can be |
| done as usual by double-clicking the left-hand breakpoint ruler or by |
| right-clicking the ruler and chosing the appropriate menu option. |
| (Note: there is a limitation which means that in some cases breakpoints |
| inside ‘around’ advice will not be triggered.) |
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