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| <h1>Eclipse JDT Oxygen (4.7) Plug-in Migration Guide</h1> |
| <p>This guide covers migrating Eclipse JDT 4.6 plug-ins to Eclipse JDT 4.7.</p> |
| <p>One of the goals of Eclipse 4.7 was to move Eclipse forward while remaining compatible |
| with previous versions to the greatest extent possible. That is, plug-ins written |
| against the Eclipse 4.6 APIs should continue to work in 4.7 in spite of the |
| API changes.</p> |
| <p>The key kinds of compatibility are API contract compatibility and binary compatibility. |
| API contract compatibility means that valid use of 4.6 APIs remains valid for |
| 4.7, so there is no need to revisit working code. Binary compatibility means |
| that the API method signatures, etc. did not change in ways that would cause |
| existing compiled ("binary") code to no longer link and run with the |
| new 4.7 libraries.</p> |
| <p>While every effort was made to avoid breakage, there are a few areas of incompatibility or new |
| APIs that should be adopted by clients. |
| This document describes those areas and provides instructions for migrating 4.6 plug-ins to |
| 4.7.</p> |
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| <li><a href="4.7/faq.html">Eclipse JDT 4.7 Plug-in Migration FAQ</a></li> |
| <li><a href="4.7/incompatibilities.html">Incompatibilities between Eclipse JDT 4.6 and 4.7</a></li> |
| <li><a href="4.7/recommended.html">Adopting 4.7 mechanisms and API</a></li> |
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