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 <h1>Eclipse Project Neon (4.6) M2 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
 <p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in the Neon milestone build M2
   which is now available for <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/#4.6_Stable_Build" target="_top">download</a>.
   <br/>
   We also recommend to read the Tips and Tricks, either via <b>Help &gt; Tips and Tricks...</b> or online for
   <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tips/platform_tips.html">Platform</a>,
   <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tips/jdt_tips.html">JDT</a>, and
   <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/tips/pde_tips.htm">PDE</a>.
 </p>

 <ul>
   <li><a href="#Platform">Platform</a></li>
   <li><a href="#Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</a></li>
   <li><a href="#PDE">PDE</a></li>
 </ul>

 <table class="news">
   <colgroup>
     <col class="title" />
     <col />
   </colgroup>

   <tr>
     <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform">Platform</td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="search-binary-files">
     <td class="title">Search in binary files</td>
     <td class="content">
       The <b>Search &gt; File...</b> dialog has a new option to search in binary files as well.
       <p>
         <img src="images/search-binary-files.png" alt=""/>
       </p>
       By default, the option is disabled, and matches are only reported in files that have the <i>Text</i>
       content type, or in files that have no content type and don't contain the null character (\u0000).
 	</td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="menuitem-tooltips">
     <td class="title">Tooltips on menu items for Eclipse 4 applications</td>
     <td class="content">
     	SWT introduced tooltips for menu items in the Eclipse Mars release. The default SWT renderers have been extended to support these tooltips on menu items, i.e., if
     	you enter them in your application model, they will be displayed.
     	<p>
       		<img src="images/menuitem-tooltips.png" alt="Menu tooltips in Eclipse 4 RCP"/>
       	</p>
 	</td>
   </tr>


   <tr id="perspective-handlercontainer">
     <td class="title">Perspective becomes a handler container</td>
     <td class="content">
     	In addition to windows and parts, perspectives can now also define handlers. Those handlers will get active
     	when the containing perspective is active. As before, handlers of more deeply nested containers override less deeply nested ones, i.e.,
     	handlers defined for parts override handlers for perspectives, while the
     	handlers for a perspective override the ones defined for the window.
 	</td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="job-create">
     <td class="title">New Job creation methods</td>
     <td class="content">
     	Three new static methods for creating jobs have been added to
     	the <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job</code> class. These methods are particularly
     	convenient with lambdas. For example, to do an asynchronous resource refresh, you can write:
 <pre>
 IResource resource = ...;
 Job.create("Refreshing files",
     monitor -> resource.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, monitor)
 ).schedule();
 </pre>
 If you want the job to be hidden from the user, you can write:
 <pre>
 IResource resource = ...;
 Job.createSystem(
     monitor -> resource.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, monitor)
 ).schedule();
 </pre>
 	</td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="icorerunnable">
     <td class="title">ICoreRunnable interface</td>
     <td class="content">
         The job creation methods described above use the new
         <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.ICoreRunnable</code> functional interface. This interface is
         functionally equivalent and is intended as a replacement for
         <code>org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspaceRunnable</code>. All new code should use
         <code>ICoreRunnable</code> instead of <code>IWorkspaceRunnable</code>.
 	</td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="databinding-generics">
     <td class="title">Adding generics to Eclipse data binding</td>
     <td class="content">
         The org.eclipse.core.databinding.property and org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable plug-ins have been generified. Further generics work
         is planned for later milestones.
 	</td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td colspan="2" class="section" id="PDE">PDE</td>
   </tr>
    <tr id="pdebuildwarning">
     <td class="title">Warnings for missing build entries for model fragments and the application model</td>
     <td class="content">
     	If an Eclipse 4 model fragment or application model file is not included in the build.properties file,
     	PDE will issue warnings.
 		<p>
       		<img src="images/pdewarnings.png" alt="Build warnings"/>
       	</p>
 	</td>
   </tr>


   <tr>
     <td colspan="2"/>
   </tr>
 </table>

 <p>The above features are just the ones that are new since the previous milestone
 build. Summaries for earlier Neon milestone builds:</p>
 <ul>
   <li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.6/M1/">News for Eclipse Neon milestone build M1</a></li>
 </ul>

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	<title>Eclipse Project Neon (4.6) M2 News</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<h1>Eclipse Project Neon (4.6) M2 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
	<p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in the Neon milestone build M2
	which is now available for <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/#4.6_Stable_Build" target="_top">download</a>.
	<br/>
	We also recommend to read the Tips and Tricks, either via <b>Help > Tips and Tricks...</b> or online for
	<a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tips/platform_tips.html">Platform</a>,
	<a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tips/jdt_tips.html">JDT</a>, and
	<a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/tips/pde_tips.htm">PDE</a>.
	</p>

	<ul>
	<li><a href="#Platform">Platform</a></li>
	<li><a href="#Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</a></li>
	<li><a href="#PDE">PDE</a></li>
	</ul>

	<table class="news">
	<colgroup>
	<col class="title" />
	<col />
	</colgroup>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform">Platform</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="search-binary-files">
	<td class="title">Search in binary files</td>
	<td class="content">
	The <b>Search > File...</b> dialog has a new option to search in binary files as well.
	<p>
	<img src="images/search-binary-files.png" alt=""/>
	</p>
	By default, the option is disabled, and matches are only reported in files that have the <i>Text</i>
	content type, or in files that have no content type and don't contain the null character (\u0000).
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="menuitem-tooltips">
	<td class="title">Tooltips on menu items for Eclipse 4 applications</td>
	<td class="content">
	SWT introduced tooltips for menu items in the Eclipse Mars release. The default SWT renderers have been extended to support these tooltips on menu items, i.e., if
	you enter them in your application model, they will be displayed.
	<p>
	<img src="images/menuitem-tooltips.png" alt="Menu tooltips in Eclipse 4 RCP"/>
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>


	<tr id="perspective-handlercontainer">
	<td class="title">Perspective becomes a handler container</td>
	<td class="content">
	In addition to windows and parts, perspectives can now also define handlers. Those handlers will get active
	when the containing perspective is active. As before, handlers of more deeply nested containers override less deeply nested ones, i.e.,
	handlers defined for parts override handlers for perspectives, while the
	handlers for a perspective override the ones defined for the window.
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="job-create">
	<td class="title">New Job creation methods</td>
	<td class="content">
	Three new static methods for creating jobs have been added to
	the <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job</code> class. These methods are particularly
	convenient with lambdas. For example, to do an asynchronous resource refresh, you can write:
	<pre>
	IResource resource = ...;
	Job.create("Refreshing files",
	monitor -> resource.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, monitor)
	).schedule();
	</pre>
	If you want the job to be hidden from the user, you can write:
	<pre>
	IResource resource = ...;
	Job.createSystem(
	monitor -> resource.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, monitor)
	).schedule();
	</pre>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="icorerunnable">
	<td class="title">ICoreRunnable interface</td>
	<td class="content">
	The job creation methods described above use the new
	<code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.ICoreRunnable</code> functional interface. This interface is
	functionally equivalent and is intended as a replacement for
	<code>org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspaceRunnable</code>. All new code should use
	<code>ICoreRunnable</code> instead of <code>IWorkspaceRunnable</code>.
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="databinding-generics">
	<td class="title">Adding generics to Eclipse data binding</td>
	<td class="content">
	The org.eclipse.core.databinding.property and org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable plug-ins have been generified. Further generics work
	is planned for later milestones.
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2" class="section" id="PDE">PDE</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="pdebuildwarning">
	<td class="title">Warnings for missing build entries for model fragments and the application model</td>
	<td class="content">
	If an Eclipse 4 model fragment or application model file is not included in the build.properties file,
	PDE will issue warnings.
	<p>
	<img src="images/pdewarnings.png" alt="Build warnings"/>
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>


	<tr>
	<td colspan="2"/>
	</tr>
	</table>

	<p>The above features are just the ones that are new since the previous milestone
	build. Summaries for earlier Neon milestone builds:</p>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.6/M1/">News for Eclipse Neon milestone build M1</a></li>
	</ul>

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