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| <font class=indexsub>the foundation of the platform</font><p></p> |
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| <p>The Core component forms the base of the Eclipse platform's runtime configuration. |
| It includes mechanisms and facilities for:</p> |
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| <li>booting and running the platform</li> |
| <li>plug-in declaration and management</li> |
| <li>resource management</li> |
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| <p>The Core is excruciatingly generic -- all plug-ins installed and run |
| on the Core infrastructure are treated equally. The contents of resources |
| are never examined in any domain-specific way and the Core can run equally |
| well with and without a UI. </p> |
| <p>Note that much of the Core component's function now falls under the <a href="http://eclipse.org/equinox">Equinox OSGi project</a></p> |
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| <p>If you are interested in participating in the development of the Core |
| component, check out the developer's mailing list: <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-core-dev">platform-core-dev@eclipse.org</a>. |
| Chat with people there about your problems and interests, and find out |
| what you can do to help. </p> |
| <p>In particular, if you are interested in system level code and are intimately |
| familiar with Java classloading, thread management, filesystem resource |
| management on a variety of operating systems, Windows/Linux filesystem |
| callback management, or programming for speed/space, the Core team wants |
| to talk to you.</p> |
| <p>Upcoming work is primarily in the details of currently supported function.</p> |
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