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Monitoring network traffic is a problem solved a long time ago, one might think. So why write the first entry in my shiny new Blog about monitoring network traffic? Well the answer is simple: because monitoring network traffic is a quite complex topic when multiple components, such as SSL, proxies etc. are involved.
Sure, almost every Linux user knows tcpdump, the intuitive solution for any basic monitoring need. Windows users might think of Wireshark or Proxomitron, for example. And for the Java people, there is at least Apache TCPMon which satifies basic monitoring needs.
All of these tools, however, could not satisfy my requirements:
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Following a reader's comment on my earlier post, I found the new API (Extension point description of org.eclipse.ui.menus) which unifies all command contributions to Eclipse menus, views, objects, toolbars etc.
With this example it requires a lot less code to add an action (well, the new API uses commands) which is visible or enabled dynamically based on an object property. However, at the same time, we have to do quite a bit more extension configurations: Instead of a single declaration of an org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus extension, we need all this:
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Read more: Advanced features in Eclipse popup menus - Take 2: The new API
One of the first Hello World examples when dealing with contributions to Eclipse extension points is adding an objectContribution or a viewerContribution to a popup menu. However, if one wants to add a more flexible contribution which is hided or disabled in certain circumstances, documentation gets rare. This article describes how to implement these advanced featues by example. Let's assume we have an EMF model of objects MyObject which implement a property called type. EMF can generate item and label providers for tree editors. Let's assume we have implemented such an editor and we want to contribute an action which is only visible for a particular type value.
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Say, you want to implement a quick and flexible automation enhancement to one of your eclipse RCP plugins - for example, because you are writing some sort of business application in which you always have to create a few standard structures manually in order to play with it and test it. Here's how you can do it the groovy way:
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Read more: How to make an Eclipse Plugin Scriptable at Runtime with Groovy