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<h1><span style="font-size: 140%">Project Plan For
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=tools.gef">GEF - Graphical Editor Framework</a></span>, version 3.5.0</h1>
<div id="toc">
<p>
<a name="toc">
<strong>Table of Contents</strong>
</a>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#release_deliverables">
Release Deliverables
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#release_milestones">
Release Milestones
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#target_environments">
Target Environments
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#compatibility">
Compatibility with Previous Releases
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#themes_and_priorities">
Themes and Priorities
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>
<a name="introduction">Introduction</a>
</h2>
<p>This document lays out the feature and API set for the
next feature release of the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)
project, designated release 3.5.0.</p>
<h2>
<a name="release_deliverables">Release Deliverables</a>
</h2>
<p>
The release deliverables are:
<ul>
<li>
GEF source code for the release is available in the eclipse.org
<a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/?cvsroot=Tools_Project">CVS
repositories</a>
.
</li>
<li>GEF runtime binaries and SDK distributions
(downloadable).</li>
<li>GEF runtime binaries and SDK features on eclipse.org
update site
(install via Eclipse update manager).</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
<a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a>
</p>
<h2>
<a name="release_milestones">Release Milestones</a>
</h2>
<p>
GEF builds are available weekly as Integration builds. GEF
Milestone
Releases are approximately one week after the
Eclipse Milestone
Releases. It is anticipated that GEF will synchronize its
release
milestones with the
Galileo release schedule
.
</p>
<table border="1" align="center">
<tr>
<td>
<b>M1</b>
</td>
<td>08/20/2008</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M2</b>
</td>
<td>09/24/2008</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M3</b>
</td>
<td>11/05/2008</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M4</b>
</td>
<td>12/17/2008</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M5</b>
</td>
<td>02/03/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M6</b>
</td>
<td>03/16/2009</td>
<td>
<p>API freeze</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>M7</b>
</td>
<td>05/04/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>RC1</b>
</td>
<td>05/18/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>RC2</b>
</td>
<td>05/25/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>RC3</b>
</td>
<td>06/01/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>RC4</b>
</td>
<td>06/08/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>RC5</b>
</td>
<td>06/15/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>2.2.0</b>
</td>
<td>06/26/2009</td>
<td/>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a>
</p>
<h2>
<a name="target_environments">Target Environments</a>
</h2>
<p>
GEF 3.5 will support all operating environments supported by the
Eclipse
Platform itself. For a list of supported environments, refer
to
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_4.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments">
Eclipse Project 3.5 plan</a>
for a list of reference platforms.
</p>
<p>
<a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a>
</p>
<h2>
<a name="compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Releases</a>
</h2>
<p>GEF 3.5 will be upwards compatible with GEF 3.4 to the
greatest
extent
possible. Any exceptions will be noted in the 3.5
release notes so that
clients
can assess the impact of these changes on
their plug-ins and products.</p>
<p>
<b>API Contract Compatibility:</b>
GEF 3.5 will be upwards
contract-compatible with GEF 3.4 unless noted.
This means that programs in full
compliance with contracts specified
in 3.4 APIs will automatically be
in full
compliance with 3.5 APIs.
Refer to
<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs"> Evolving
Java-based APIs</a>
for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain
contract
compatibility.
</p>
<p>
<b>Binary (plug-in) Compatibility:</b>
GEF 3.5 will be upwards binary-compatible with GEF 3.4 unless noted.
This means that plug-ins built for GEF 3.4 will continue to work
correctly in 3.5 without change. Plug-ins with hard-coded references
in
their plug-in manifest file to the 3.4 version of GEF
plug-ins will
work in 3.5 provided the version match rule is
"greaterOrEqual" or
"compatible" (the default); references using "perfect" or
"equivalent" match
rules will be broken. Refer to
<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs"> Evolving
Java-based APIs</a>
for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain
binary
compatibility.
</p>
<p>
<b>Source Compatibility:</b>
GEF 3.5 will be upwards source-compatible
with GEF 3.4 to the greatest
extent possible. This means that source
files
written to use 3.4 APIs
can often be successfully compiled and run against
GEF
3.5 APIs. Since
source incompatibilities are easy to deal with,
maintaining
source
compatibility is considered much less important than maintaining
contract
and binary compatibility. The addition of a single method
anywhere could
be an incompatible source change. For this reason,
source-incompatibilities will not be noted.
</p>
<p>
<b>Non-compliant usage of API's</b>
: All non-API methods and classes, and
certainly everything in a
package with "internal" in its name, are considered
implementation
details which may vary between operating environment
and are
subject to
change without notice. Client plug-ins that directly depend on
anything other than what is specified as API are inherently
unsupportable and
receive no guarantees about compatibility within a
single release much less
with
an earlier releases. Refer to
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-API%20use/eclipse-api-usage-rules.html">
How to Use the Eclipse API</a>
for information about how to write compliant
plug-ins.
</p>
<p>
<a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a>
</p>
<h2>
<a name="themes_and_priorities">Themes and Priorities</a>
</h2>
<p>
The project has identified major areas of work, that
will be the
priorities for this development cycle. These areas will
address
the
major themes identified by the Eclipse Requirements Council (
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/councils/roadmap_v3_0/themes_v3_0.php">Eclipse
2007 Themes and Priorities</a>
).
</p>
<h3>Consumability</h3>
<p>This work will make it easier to make effective use of
the GEF components. We seek to deliver small enhancements and
defect fixes that are important for our consumers.
We seek to
addresses issues that block the effective use of the GEF framework.
A list of those plan items related to Consumability can be found by searching Bugzilla for flag=galileo.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Committed</b>
<ul>
<li>Support the new SWT Line Attributes [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/168311">168311</a>] <strike>(target milestone: 3.5 M4)</strike></li>
<li>Adopt API Tooling [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/250996">250996</a>] <strike>(target milestone: 3.5 M3)</strike></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Proposed</b>
<ul>
<li>ScaledGraphics does not implement setBackgroundPattern [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/236652">236652</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Add Figure Providers [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/154579">154579</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Add progress report to Horizontal Shift [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/164736">164736</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Support customization of mouse drag behavior [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/202849">202849</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Connection label is always in the center [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/213058">213058</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Zest Algorithm for resizing nodes ignores the label or text in these nodes. [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/213548">213548</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Add custom graph items [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/215040">215040</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>GraphViewer overwrites edge label on bidirectional graphs [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/224753">224753</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>addNode and addRelationship problem [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/230375">230375</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Extended Zest Tree Layouts to Support Weighted Trees [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/231319">231319</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Can not disable tooltips on GraphNode's &amp; GraphConnection's [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/233571">233571</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>provide horizontal variant of DirectedGraphLayoutAlgorithm [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/236731">236731</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>[Zest] Fisheye nodes should be removed before applying layout [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/237630">237630</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>[Zest] Support post layout listeners [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/237632">237632</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Implement Pattern for ScaledGraphics [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/132361">132361</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>ScaledGraphics does not support setClip(Path) [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/184651">184651</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Gradient Support [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/241100">241100</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>getAdvanced() should be added to Graphics [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/101504">101504</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Investigate support for improved connection rendering in nested viewer [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/154745">154745</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>Connections outside containers [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/195527">195527</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
<li>implement rotate for ScaledGraphics [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/130419">130419</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Deferred</b>
<ul>
<li>
<div>No items.</div>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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