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 <h2>Plug-in Development Environment</h2>
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 	<li><a href="#dialogs-wizards-views">Dialogs, Wizards and Views</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#editors">Editors</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#APITools">API Tools</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#pde-compiler">PDE Compiler</a></li>
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   <tr id="pde-editor-enhancements"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=568865 -->
     <td class="title"><a href="#pde-editor-enhancements">include/exclude bundles directly from the target definition view</a></td>
     <td class="content">
       It is now possible to include/exclude a bundle from within the directly from the target definition view, check the "Show location content" button, select a bundle and the remove button turns into an exclude action.
    	  <p>
        <img src="images/pde_excl_incl_01.png" alt="" />
       </p>
       Of course it is possible to include excluded items afterwards
        <p>
        <img src="images/pde_excl_incl_02.png" alt="" />
       </p>
       The changes are now directly reflected in the content tab as well
        <p>
        <img src="images/pde_excl_incl_03.png" alt="" />
       </p>
       If multiple items are selected and are of different state, the button turns into a toggle one.
        <p>
        <img src="images/pde_excl_incl_04.png" alt="" />
       </p>
       This feature mainly demonstrates the power of the recent <a href="#pde-api-enhancements">API enhancements</a>.
     </td>
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        <tr id="pde-compiler-info-sev"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569528 -->
     <td class="title"><a href="#pde-warn-missing-bundle-from-baseline">Warning for missing bundle in API baseline</a></td>
     <td class="content">
    	  In <b>Preferences &gt; Plug-in Development &gt; API Baselines</b>, there is a new option to warn about missing bundle from the API baseline.
       <p>
        <img src="images/pde-new-option.png" alt="" />
       </p>
        The default severity for this option is warning. For the plug-ins that are not present in the currently active API baseline, API tools reports
        the warning as below:
       <p>
        <img src="images/pde-warn-missing-bundle-from-baseline.png" alt="" />
       </p>
     </td>
       </tr>
    <tr id="pde-api-exporttext"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=570433 -->
     <td class="title"><a href="#pde-api-exporttext">Better explanation text for exported packages in the editor</a></td>
     <td class="content">
    	  <p>The text of exported packages have been improved and the reference to the strict mode has been removed, as Equinox does not support this mode since a while.
    	  </p>
    	   <p>
        <img src="images/pde-export-text.png" alt="" />
       </p>
     </td>
   </tr>


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     <td id="api" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>API Enhancements</h2></td>
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   <tr id="pde-api-enhancements"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=568865 -->
     <td class="title"><a href="#pde-api-enhancements">New advanced editing capabilities for custom target platforms</a></td>
     <td class="content">
    	  <p>The API for adding custom Target-Platform-Locations has been refactored and existing implementation where cleaned up to support more advanced editing capabilities.
    	  This has been done by merging the functionality of the previous interfaces <code>ITargetLocationEditor</code> and <code>ITargetLocationUpdater</code> has been incorporated into the new interface <code>ITargetLocationHandler</code>,
    	  it is now only needed to implement this interface and override the default implemented methods as desired.
    	  </p>
    	  <p>
    	  All methods for editing a target location now using a TreePath so it is possible to also edit child items, beside this, the new API offers the following new capabilities
    	  </p>
    	  <ul>
    	  	<li>canRemove/remove - ability to add custom remove operations for sub-items</li>
    	  	<li>canEnable/canDisable/toggle - ability to provide an alternative to remove operation where items are only disabled instead of completely removed from the target</li>
    	  	<li>reload - ability to get notification about user request to reload the target</li>
    	  </ul>
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	<h2>Plug-in Development Environment</h2>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#dialogs-wizards-views">Dialogs, Wizards and Views</a></li>
	<li><a href="#editors">Editors</a></li>
	<li><a href="#APITools">API Tools</a></li>
	<li><a href="#pde-compiler">PDE Compiler</a></li>
	<li><a href="#api">API Enhancements</a></li>
	</ul>

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	<colgroup>
	<col class="title" />
	<col />
	</colgroup>
	<tbody>
	<!-- ****************** Dialogs, Wizard and Views ******************** -->
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	<td id="dialogs-wizards-views" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Dialogs, Wizards and Views</h2></td>
	</tr>
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	<!-- ****************** Editors ******************** -->
	<tr>
	<td id="editors" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Editors</h2></td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="pde-editor-enhancements"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=568865 -->
	<td class="title"><a href="#pde-editor-enhancements">include/exclude bundles directly from the target definition view</a></td>
	<td class="content">
	It is now possible to include/exclude a bundle from within the directly from the target definition view, check the "Show location content" button, select a bundle and the remove button turns into an exclude action.
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde_excl_incl_01.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	Of course it is possible to include excluded items afterwards
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde_excl_incl_02.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	The changes are now directly reflected in the content tab as well
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde_excl_incl_03.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	If multiple items are selected and are of different state, the button turns into a toggle one.
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde_excl_incl_04.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	This feature mainly demonstrates the power of the recent <a href="#pde-api-enhancements">API enhancements</a>.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- ****************** End of Editors ******************** -->

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	<td id="APITools" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>API Tools</h2></td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="pde-compiler-info-sev"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569528 -->
	<td class="title"><a href="#pde-warn-missing-bundle-from-baseline">Warning for missing bundle in API baseline</a></td>
	<td class="content">
	In <b>Preferences > Plug-in Development > API Baselines</b>, there is a new option to warn about missing bundle from the API baseline.
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde-new-option.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	The default severity for this option is warning. For the plug-ins that are not present in the currently active API baseline, API tools reports
	the warning as below:
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde-warn-missing-bundle-from-baseline.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="pde-api-exporttext"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=570433 -->
	<td class="title"><a href="#pde-api-exporttext">Better explanation text for exported packages in the editor</a></td>
	<td class="content">
	<p>The text of exported packages have been improved and the reference to the strict mode has been removed, as Equinox does not support this mode since a while.
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/pde-export-text.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>




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	<td id="pde-compiler" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>PDE Compiler</h2></td>
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	<tr>
	<td id="api" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>API Enhancements</h2></td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="pde-api-enhancements"> <!--https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=568865 -->
	<td class="title"><a href="#pde-api-enhancements">New advanced editing capabilities for custom target platforms</a></td>
	<td class="content">
	<p>The API for adding custom Target-Platform-Locations has been refactored and existing implementation where cleaned up to support more advanced editing capabilities.
	This has been done by merging the functionality of the previous interfaces <code>ITargetLocationEditor</code> and <code>ITargetLocationUpdater</code> has been incorporated into the new interface <code>ITargetLocationHandler</code>,
	it is now only needed to implement this interface and override the default implemented methods as desired.
	</p>
	<p>
	All methods for editing a target location now using a TreePath so it is possible to also edit child items, beside this, the new API offers the following new capabilities
	</p>
	<ul>
	<li>canRemove/remove - ability to add custom remove operations for sub-items</li>
	<li>canEnable/canDisable/toggle - ability to provide an alternative to remove operation where items are only disabled instead of completely removed from the target</li>
	<li>reload - ability to get notification about user request to reload the target</li>
	</ul>
	</td>
	</tr>
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	</table>
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