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- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Concepts
- 3 Tasks
- 4 Reference
- 4.1 API Tools Ant Tasks
- 4.2 Build Configuration
- 4.3 Editors
- 4.4 Launchers
- 4.5 Menus and Actions
- 4.6 Preferences
- 4.7 Property Pages
- 4.8 Quickfixes
- 4.9 Views
- 4.10 Wizards and Dialogs
- 4.11 API Reference
- 4.12 Extension Points Reference
- 4.13 Other Reference Information
- 4.14 Defining API Restrictions
- 4.15 Javadoc @since Tag Management
- 5 Tips and Tricks
Getting Started
PDE Overview
The Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) provides tools to create, develop, test, debug, build and deploy Eclipse plug-ins, fragments, features, update sites, and RCP products.
PDE also provides comprehensive OSGi tooling, which makes it an ideal environment for component programming, not just Eclipse plug-in development.
PDE is broken into three main components:
- UI - A rich set of models, tools, and editors to develop plug-ins and OSGi bundles
- API Tooling - Tooling to assist API documentation and maintenance
- Build - Ant-based tools and scripts to automate build processes
Discover the latest features in the What's New section.
PDE UI provides editors, wizards, launchers, views, and other tools to create a fully-featured environment to develop and deploy Eclipse plug-ins, fragments, features, update sites, RCP products, and OSGi bundles.
Some of the PDE tools include:
- Form-Based Manifest Editors: Multi-page editors that centrally manage all manifest files of a plug-in or feature.
- RCP Tools: Wizards and a form-based editor that allow you to define, brand, test, and export products to multiple platforms.
- 'New Project Creation Wizards: Create a new plug-in, fragment, feature, feature patch, and update sites.
- Import Wizards: Import plug-ins and features from the file system.
- Export Wizards: Wizards that build, package, and export plug-ins, fragments, and products with a single click.
- Launchers: Test and debug Eclipse applications and OSGi bundles.
- Views: PDE provides views that help plug-in developers inspect different aspects of their development environment.
- Miscellaneous Tools: Wizards to externalize and clean up manifest files.
- Conversion Tools: Wizard to convert a plain Java project or plain JARs into a plug-in project.
- Integration with JDT: Plug-in manifest files participate in Java search and refactoring.
To get started, try out the following cheat sheets:
- Creating an Eclipse Plug-in
- Creating a Rich Client Application
PDE API Tooling
PDE API Tooling assists in the documentation and maintenance of APIs provided by plug-ins and OSGi bundles.
Some of the features include:
- Compatibility Analysis : Identify binary compatibility issues relative to a previous version of a plug-in.
- API Restriction Tags : Javadoc tags are provided to explicitly define restrictions associated with types and members.
- Version Number Validation: Identify invalid plug-in version numbers relative to a previous version of a plug-in.
- Javadoc
Tag Validation: Identify missing and invalid@since
tags on types and members. - API Leak Analysis : Identify API types and methods that leak non-API types.
- Quick Fixes : Quick fixes are provided to adjust plug-in versions and @since tags appropriately.
To get started, see the tasks:
PDE Build
PDE Build facilitates the automation of plug-in build processes. PDE Build produces Ant scripts based on development-time information provided by, for example, the plugin.xml and build.properties files. The generated Ant scripts, can fetch the relevant projects from a CVS repository, build jars, Javadoc, source zips, put everything together in a format ready to ship, and send it out to a remote location (e.g., a local network or a downloads server).
To get started, see the following:
Extensions and Extension Points
A basic rule for building modular software systems is to avoid tight coupling between components. If components are tightly integrated, it becomes difficult to assemble the pieces into different configurations or to replace a component with a different implementation without causing a ripple of changes across the system.
Loose coupling in Eclipse is achieved partially through the mechanism of extensions and extension points. The simplest metaphor for describing extensions and extension points is electrical outlets. The outlet, or socket, is the extension point; the plug, or light bulb that connects to it, the extension. As with electric outlets, extension points come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and only the extensions that are designed for that particular extension point will fit.
When a plug-in wants to allow other plug-ins to extend or customize portions of its functionality, it will declare an extension point. The extension point declares a contract, typically a combination of XML markup and Java interfaces, that extensions must conform to. Plug-ins that want to connect to that extension point must implement that contract in their extension. The key attribute is that the plug-in being extended knows nothing about the plug-in that is connecting to it beyond the scope of that extension point contract. This allows plug-ins built by different individuals or companies to interact seamlessly, even without their knowing much about one another.
The Eclipse Platform has many applications of the extension and extension point concept. Some extensions are entirely declarative; that is, they contribute no code at all. For example, one extension point provides customized key bindings, and another defines custom file annotations, called markers; neither of these extension points requires any code on behalf of the extension.
Another category of extension points is for overriding the default behavior of a component. For example, the Java development tools include a code formatter but also supply an extension point for third-party code formatters to be plugged in. The resources plug-in has an extension point that allows certain plug-ins to replace the implementation of basic file operations, such as moving and deletion.
Yet another category of extension points is used to group related elements in the user interface. For example, extension points for providing views, editors, and wizards to the UI allow the base UI plug-in to group common features, such as putting all import wizards into a single dialog, and to define a consistent way of presenting UI contributions from a wide variety of other plug-ins.
A feature is used to package a group of plug-ins together into a single installable and updatable unit.
Features have a manifest that provides basic information about the feature and its content. Content may include plug-ins, fragments and any other files that are important for the feature. A feature can also include other features. The delivery format for a feature is a JAR, but each included plug-in will be provided as a separate JAR.
Once you have created your plug-ins and fragments you can create a new feature by creating a New Feature Project.
You can also create Feature Patches in PDE. A feature patch is developed in the same fashion as a normal feature, but is used to edit an existing feature rather than create a new one.
A fragment is used to replace or extend the functionality of an existing plug-in. A common use for fragments is to put environment (operating system, architecture, etc.) specific code into fragments. Depending on the environment the plug-in is installed in the base plug-in code along with the correct fragment can be installed. Fragments are also ideal for shipping features like language or maintenance packs that typically trail the initial products for a few months.
When a fragment is detected by the platform and its parent plug-in is found, the fragment's libraries, extensions and extension points are "merged" with those of the parent plug-in.
While this merging mechanism is good from a runtime point of view, developers need to view fragments as separate entities while working on them.
PDE provides full support for fragment development. Fragments can be viewed as "limited plug-ins". They have all of the capability of regular plug-ins but have no concept of life-cycle. Fragments have no top-level class with "startup" and "shutdown" methods.
To create a fragment use the New Fragment Project wizard. Editing fragments is very similar to editing plug-ins.
A plug-in is used to group your code into a modular, extendable and sharable unit.
Plug-ins are modular as each plug-in contains some portion of code. The plug-in specifies other plug-ins (or java packages) it requires to be available to run and it also specifies the set of java packages it provides. An Eclipse based program or product will contain multiple plug-ins, which can be added, replaced or removed to alter the functionality of the program.
Plug-ins are extendable using extensions and extension points. A plug-in can provide one or more extension points so other plug-ins can add to the functionality of the plug-in. A plug-in may also provide extensions to connect to other plug-ins.
Plug-ins are sharable. A plug-in can be exported as a directory or as a jar which can be added to other applications. Plug-ins can be grouped into features which can be distributed and installed into applications.
Eclipse plug-ins are based on OSGi bundles. OSGi is used to manage the plug-ins in an Eclipse application. A plug-in must contain a manifest file with valid OSGi headers for plug-in name and version. Extensions and extension points functionality added by Eclipse in addition to OSGi. To use extensions you must provide a plugin.xml file. PDE provides a full featured project and editor for creating and editing these files.
An Eclipse based product is a stand-alone program built with the Eclipse platform. A product may optionally be packaged and delivered as one or more features, which are simply groupings of plug-ins that are managed as a single entity by the Eclipse update mechanisms.
Products include all the code and plug-ins needed to run them. This includes a Java runtime environment (JRE) and the Eclipse platform code. The plug-in code, JRE, and Eclipse platform are typically installed with a product-specific installation program. Product providers are free to use any installation tool or program that is appropriate for their needs.
Once installed, the user launches the product and is presented with an Eclipse workbench configured specifically for the purpose supported by the product, such as web development, C++ program development, or any other purpose. The platform makes it easy to configure labels, about dialogs, graphics, and splash screens, so that the user has no concept of a platform workbench, but instead views the workbench as the main window of the product itself.
PDE provides a product configuration file and associated editor to make it easy to create products in the correct format.
Target Platform
The Target Platform refers to the plug-ins which your workspace will be built and run against. It describes the platform that you are developing for. When developing with PDE, the target platform is used to:
- Compile - Plug-ins in the workspace are built against the target platform so you do not have to have everything in your workspace
- Launch - When using PDE's launchers you can choose the set of plug-ins you want to launch. By default the Eclipse Application Launcher will start with all plug-ins in the target, but will use workspace plug-ins instead when available
- Calculate Dependencies - PDE assists you in finding the plug-ins your plug-ins was include/require to compile correctly by looking at what is available in the target platform
- State - An OSGi state is created for the target platform so it can be used by other tooling. The state can also be viewed in detail using the Target Platform State View
- Other Tools - Other PDE tools use the target platform to determine their options, such as the import wizards
Whereas the target platform refers to your currently active bundles, a Target Definition is a way of determining the plug-ins to add to the state. You can have multiple target definitions, but only one definition can be selected as the target platform.
The target platform and your target definitions are managed on the Target Platform Preference Page. This page lists all target definitions that PDE has access to and displays which definition is being used as your current target platform. Target definitions can be created and edited here using the Target Definition Content Wizard. To make for easier sharing among a development team, targets can also be created and edited in the workspace as xml files with the extension ".target". These files can be edited using the target definition editor and can be created using the New Target Definition Wizard.
By default PDE provides a default target platform which simply points to the plug-ins in your currently running Eclipse instance (often referred to as your host). For Eclipse plug-in developers this might be all you need. RCP developers must be more careful managing their target as adding dependencies increases the size and complexity of their application. When creating a new target definition for RCP, consider using the RCP template (available with or without source).
For up to the minute target troubleshooting help see the Target Definitions Wiki Page.
Update Site
Update Sites are used to organize and export features so they can be installed into Eclipse applications.
To create an update site you must develop a site.xml file and build the site. PDE provides an editor and project for creating sites. A site will contain one or more features organized into categories.
When the site is built, the included features (along with all plug-ins part of those features) will be exported into an installable form. The exported plug-ins and features will be put into two folders "plugins" and "features". Two other files, "content.xml" and "artifacts.xml" will also be generated and contain metadata for the exported files that make installing easier. These files, along with "site.xml", collectively form an Eclipse update site. To make the update site available to others you must make all these files available in a shared directory or web site.
PDE Build
Automated building of Products
PDE Build comes with infrastructure to build a complete RCP application from a product configuration file. Most of the setup necessary for such a build can be done through a few modifications to the template build.properties provided in PDE build. The following section focuses on setting up a simple product build assuming that all plug-ins and features (both to build and pre-built) referenced by the product file are already locally available on disk.
Basic setup
The first step in setting up a build is to create the directory in which the build will take place. This directory will be referred to as the build directory and will contain the plug-ins and features to build as well as all the generated artifacts. Next, copy your plug-ins and features respectively into "plugins" and "features" subdirectories. Your product configuration file is expected to be in one of these plugins/features.
The second step in setting up a build is to copy the template build.properties file from org.eclipse.pde.build/templates/headless-build to a new directory which will be the build configuration directory (also referred to as the configuration directory). Edit the copied build.properties file and set the following properties:
- product: the location of your product configuration file in the form "/<plugin or feature id>/path/to/.product"
- baseLocation: the location of an eclipse install containing all the pre-built features and plug-ins that your product requires in features/ and plugins/ subdirectories. The RCP delta pack (it is * available from the eclipse download page) is mandatory as it includes the org.eclipse.platform.launchers feature which contains the launchers and root files necessary for a product.
- buildDirectory: the directory the build will take place in. Set this to the full path of the build directory created previously.
- configs: list the configurations for which you want your product to be built. You can uncomment the configuration(s) provided (be careful of the line continuations).
- archivePrefix: the name of the directory of your product once installed on disk.
Overview of the directory structure
<buildDirectory>/ plugins/ pluginToBuildA pluginToBuildB myProduct.product ... features/ featureToBuild ... <buildConfiguration>/ build.properties <baseLocation> plugins/ org.eclipse.core.runtime org.eclipse.ui ... features/ org.eclipse.rcp org.eclipse.platform.launchers ...
Running the build
To run the build you will use the org.elipse.ant.core.antRunner application. When invoking eclipse with this application to perform a build you need to set two arguments on the command line:
- -buildfile </path/to/productBuild.xml>: This is the path to the productBuild.xml provided by pde build. It is located in the org.eclipse.pde.build/scripts/productBuild directory. This is the build file that drives the whole product build process.
- -Dbuilder=</path/to/configuration folder>: This is the path to the build configuration folder.
Run the antRunner application using the following command:
java -jar eclipseInstall/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_version.jar -application org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner -buildfile eclipseInstall/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_version/scripts/productBuild/productBuild.xml -Dbuilder=path to the build configuration folder
Advanced Scenarios
Behind the scenes this setup will generate a feature containing the plugins or features specified in your product configuration file. This generated feature is then used to drive a normal feature-based headless build. If you require more customization of the build, ie fetching from a repository, see the Advanced PDE Build topics for more information.
Automated building of Features
PDE Build comes with infrastructure to automate the build of features. Most of the setup necessary for such a build can be done through a few modifications to the template build.properties provided in PDE build. The following section focuses on setting up a simple build assuming that all plug-ins and features (both to-build and pre-built) referenced from the feature being built are already locally available on disk.
The Build Configuration Directory
The first step in setting up a build is to create the build configuration directory. This is the directory in which the files that control and customize the headless build are kept.
The main file for controlling the build is the top level build configuration build.properties file. When setting up a new build, copy the template file from the org.eclipse.pde.build bundle in your eclipse install that you will be using to run your build. The template file is located under org.eclipse.pde.build/templates/headless-build/build.properties.
This directory is refered to by the builder properties which is normally set on the ant command line.
The buildDirectory
The buildDirectory property specifies the directory in which PDE/Build will generate scripts and perform the actual build. Plug-ins and features that are being built should placed in ${buildDirectory}/plugins and ${buildDirectory}/features sub-directories. If bundles and features are being fetch from a repository (See Fetching From Repositories), then they will be placed here as well.
This directory may be the same as the build configuration directory, or it may be a different directory. It may be desirable to use a separate directory, especially if the build configuration is kept in CVS and you don't want to pollute it with generated build artifacts.
Initial Properties
To set up a basic feature build, you need to edit the build configuration build.properties file and set the following properties:
- topLevelElementId: Set to the id of the feature you wish to build.
- baseLocation: the location of an eclipse install containing pre-built features and plug-ins in features/ and plugins/ subdirectories. These are the binaries against which you will be compiling. *If you have no pre-requisite binaries and are building everything from scratch, this property can be left un-set.
- buildDirectory: the directory the build will take place in.
- configs: list the configurations for which you want your feature to be built. You can uncomment the configuration(s) provided (be careful of the line continuations). If the feature you are *building is platform independent, this property does not need to be set or can be set to *,*,*.
- archivePrefix: the name of the directory in which your feature will be unzipped on disk.
Previous versions of PDE/Build also required an allElements.xml file, this is no longer necessary in 3.4. The allElements.xml can still be used, but is only required if you wish to customize certain aspects of your build. See Customizing a Headless Build.
Running the build
To run the build you will use the org.elipse.ant.core.antRunner application. When invoking eclipse with this application to perform a build you need to set two arguments on the command line:
- -buildfile=</path/to/build.xml>
- This is the path to the build.xml provided by pde build. It is located in the org.eclipse.pde.build/scripts directory. This is the build script that drives the whole build process.
- -Dbuilder=</path/to/configuration folder>
- This is the path to the build configuration folder.
Run the antRunner application using the following command:
java -jar <eclipseInstall>/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_<version>.jar -application org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner -buildfile <<eclipseInstall>/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build_<version>/scripts/build.xml> -Dbuilder=<path to the build configuration folder>
Once the build is complete, you can get the result in the build directory in the folder named I.TestBuild (this name can be configured by setting the buildLabel property).
Advanced scenarios
If you require more customization of the build, ie fetching from a repository, see the Advanced PDE Build topics for more information.
Automated building of Plug-ins
In order to build plug-ins, bundles or fragments, PDE build requires that you create a feature listing all the elements to be built. In this case the feature is only used to drive the build and will not be present in the final archive nor will it force you to use update sites.
A feature used to drive a plug-in build is a standard feature. What makes it different is that its build.properties file does not contain the property bin.includes. It is possible to automatically generate a feature containing the plug-ins you wish to build. This lets you build your plug-ins without requiring you to maintain a feature. See the eclipse.generateFeature task and the Customizing a Headless Build page.
build.properties: topLevelElementId = acme.build.feature customTargets.xml : <target name="preSetup"> <eclipse.generateFeature featureId="acme.build.feature" buildDirectory="${buildDirectory}" baseLocation="${baseLocation}" productFile="${product}" verify="false" pluginPath="${pluginPath}" configInfo="${configs}" pluginList="acme.plugin.A,acme.plugin.B" featureList="${featureList}" includeLaunchers="false" /> </target>
Once you have created the feature to drive the build, follow the instructions on building features.
Generating Ant scripts
Ant is a simple open-source scripting engine that is capable of running scripts written in XML format. Ant is ideal for executing tasks usually found in automated builds.
The variables set in the plug-in, fragment or feature build.properties will be used to generate scripts for Ant. PDE generates Ant scripts for creating individual plug-in and fragment build files and one overall script for building the feature JAR. This "main" script is also responsible for running individual script files in the right order (defined by the plug-in dependency chain). Each build file has the same name (build.xml) and is created as a sibling of the manifest files in the corresponding projects.
Since Ant scripts use the replacement variables in build.properties, you can typically use them "as is", without modifying the generated scripts. If you do modify them, you must not recreate the scripts every time you want to rebuild the component.
To create scripts, you can simply select Create Ant Build File while a suitable manifest file (plugin.xml, fragment.xml or feature.xml) is selected in the Navigator or Package Explorer views. The command will generate the build script. After selecting Run Ant... from the pop-up menu while the newly generated script file is selected, the following wizard will open:
The standard Ant wizard allows customization in two ways: by providing the execution arguments and by selecting one or more build targets.
Ant arguments are typically used to provide property values that override default values and control the build process. Arguments are set using "-Dproperty=value". The following properties are recognized:
- bootclasspath - if set, it replaces the default boot classpath. Used when compiling cross-platform plug-ins (e.g. building a UI plug-in for Windows using Linux)
- build.result.folder - where the temporary files for the update JAR creation should be placed. These files are usually the plug-in library JARs.
- plugin.destination - where plug-in and fragment update JARs should be put. These JARs represent entire plug-ins and fragments in a format suitable for publishing on an Install/Update server and referencing by a feature. The typical layout of an Update site is to have all the plug-in and fragment JARs in one place and all the features in another. This argument is useful for placing plug-ins and fragment directly into the desired directory (or the staging place on the local machine before pushing the features onto the remote server).
- feature.destination - where feature update JARs should be put.
To adapt the behavior of the compiler, the following properties are recognized:
- javacFailOnError - stop the build when an error occurs when set to true. Default is false.
- javacDebugInfo - compile source with debug information when set to true. Default is true.
- javacVerbose - produce verbose output when set to true. Default is true.
- javacSource - value of the -source command-line switch.
- javacTarget - generate class files for specific VM version.
- compilerArg - additional command line arguments for the compiler.
When executing feature build scripts, the following targets are used to call individual targets of plug-ins or fragments. In order to specify what target to execute, the property target should be set (e.g. -Dtarget=refresh). One of the all.* targets serves as an iterator, whereas the actual target to execute is specified via the property target.
- all.plugins - for all listed plug-ins
- all.fragments - for all listed fragments
- all.children - for all listed plug-ins and fragments
- build.jars - build JARs for all feature children;
- build.sources - build source for all feature children;
- build.update.jar - generate a feature JAR in the format used by the install/update mechanism. The above mentioned property feature.destination can be used to define where to put the JAR;
- zip.distribution - creates a zip file with the feature and its plug-ins and fragments in an SDK-like structure but does not include source code;
- zip.sources - creates a zip file with the feature and its plug-ins and fragments in an SDK-like structure which only includes the source;
- clean - delete everything produced by running any of the target;
- refresh - performs a "Refresh" action in the current project, thus making the newly generated resources visible in the Navigator or Package Explorer.
- zip.plugin - creates a zip file with the binary and source contents of a plug-in with the following structure:
- id_version/
- contents
- id_version/
Generating Ant scripts from the command line
Ant scripts are typically generated using the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE), but it is also possible to generate them by hand or from other scripts. Indeed PDE exposes Ant tasks to generate the various build scripts. Build script generation facilities reside in the following tasks. Arguments are also listed for each task.
eclipse.fetch: generates an Ant script that fetches content from a CVS repository. The eclipse fetch is driven by a file whose format is described below.
- elements: the entry that will be fetched. The format expected is of the form type@id[,version] as specified in the directory file format
- buildDirectory: the directory into which fetch scripts will be generated and into which features and plug-in projects will be checked out
- directory: the path to a directory file
- children: optional, specifies whether the script generation for contained plug-ins and fragments should be invoked. Default is set to true
- cvspassfile: optional, the name of a CVS password file.
- fetchTag: optional, overrides the tag provided in directory file by the given value.
- configInfo: optional, an ampersand separated list of configuration indicating the targeted configuration. The default is set to be platform independent.
- recursiveGeneration: optional, specify whether or not fetch scripts should be generated for nested features. The default is set to true.
eclipse.buildScript: generates a build.xml file for the given elements as well as additional scripts used by the pde build infrastructure
- elements: the entry to be built. Entry is expected to be of the form type@id[,version] as specified in the directory file format
- buildDirectory :the directory where the features and plug-ins to build are located. Plug-ins and features must respectively be located in plugins and features folders;
- children: optional, specifies whether the script generation for contained plug-ins and fragments should be invoked. Default is set to true
- recursiveGeneration: optional, specified whether the script generation for contained features should be invoked. Default is set to true
- devEntries: optional, a comma separated list of directories to be given to the compile classpath
- buildingOSGi: optional, indicates if the target is 3.x. or 2.1. Default is true
- baseLocation: optional, indicates a folder which containing a target eclipse install with features/ and plugins/ subdirectories
- configInfo: optional, an ampersand separated list of configuration indicates the targeted configuration. The default is set to be platform independent
- pluginPath: optional, a platform file separator separated list of locations from which to find additional plug-ins
- archivesFormat: optional, an ampersand separated list of configs and the expected output format for each of those. The format is separated by a dash (-) from the configuration. The values supported are: folder, tar, zip, antZip, respectively meaning don't archive, use tar to create the archive, use the version of info zip available on the platform, use ant zip . The default value is antZip
- product: optional, '/' separated path to the location of an RCP product being built. The first segment of the path must refer to the plug-in id of a plug-in containing the .product file;
- signJars: optional, indicates if the scripts generated must sign jars for features and plug-ins. The default value is false. The parameters to the sign task are controlled by the following ant properties: sign.alias, sign.keystore and sign.storepass respectively being passed to the alias, keystore and storepass parameters from the ant signJar task. The default value is false
- generateJnlp: optional, indicates if a jnlp file should be generated for all the features being built
- outputUpdateJars: optional, generates plug-ins and features in the update site format when set. The default value is false. Note that the site.xml is not generated nor updated
- groupConfiguration: optional, whether or not to group all configurations being built into a single archive
- generateVersionsLists: optional, whether or not to generate properties files listing the versions of features and plug-ins that were built
- filteredDependencyCheck: optional, constrain the set of plug-ins and features to be considered during the build to those reachable from the features
- filterP2Base: optional, constrain the set of plug-ins and features to be considered from the baseLocation to those considered to be installed by p2
- generateFeatureVersionSuffix: optional, whether or not to generate the feature version suffix. See also Version Qualifiers
- generatedVersionLength: optional, the length of the generated feature version suffix. By default it is set to 28. See also Version Qualifiers
- significantVersionDigits: optional, the number of significant digits used when generating feature version suffixes. See also Version Qualifiers
- forceContextQualifier: optional, uses the given value to replace the .qualifier being by plug-ins and features. See also Version Qualifiers
eclipse.generateFeature: generates a feature that will contain the provided elements. This task is used to build an RCP application from a product configuration file.
- featureId: The id to give to the generated Feature.
- buildDirectory: the directory where the features and plug-ins (in /features and /plugins subdirectories) to include are located. The generated feature will be placed in the /features subdirectory.
- baseLocation: optional, indicates a folder which contains installed features and plug-ins
- productFile: optional, a product file on which to base the generated feature.
- verify: Whether or not to use the resolver to verify that the provided plug-ins and features are available. This also determines whether or not the the feature will be able to correctly handle platform specific fragments and plug-ins that will be JARed. If all the elements to be included in the feature are available locally, then verify should be set to True. If the elements need to be fetched from a repository, set verify to False, use the resulting feature to fetch the required plug-ins and features, then regenerate the container feature using verify = True.
- pluginPath: optional, a platform file separator separated list of locations from which to find additional plug-ins
- configInfo: optional, an ampersand separated list of configuration indicates the targeted configuration. The default is set to be platform independent;
- pluginList: optional, a comma separated list of plug-in ids to include in the generated feature. (Supports attributes, see below)
- featureList: optional, a comma separated list of feature ids to include in the generated feature. (Supports attributes, see below)
- fragmentList: optional, a comma separated list of fragment ids to include in the generated feature. (Supports attributes, see below)
- buildPropertiesFile: optional, the location of a properties file whose contents should be used as the generated feature's build.properties.
- includeLaunchers: optional, whether or not to include the equinox launchers, default value is "true".
The pluginList, featureList, and fragmentList arguments of the eclipse.generateFeature task all support attributes. These arguments all take the form:
List = <element-id>[;<attribute>=<value>]* [,<element-id>[;<attribute>=<value>]*]*
Each attribute=value pair will be inserted into the generated xml corresponding to the given element. Example:
featureList = org.eclipse.feature;optional=true pluginList = org.eclipse.plugin.A;unpack=true fragmentList=org.eclipse.fragment.a;os=win32,org.eclipse.fragment.b;os=linux;ws=gtk;arch=x86 <feature ...> ... <includes id="org.eclipse.feature" version="0.0.0" optional="true" /> ... <plugin id="org.eclipse.plugin.A" version="0.0.0" unpack="true" /> <plugin id="org.eclipse.fragment.a" version="0.0.0" os="win32" fragment="true" /> <plugin id="org.eclipse.fragment.b" version="0.0.0" os="linux" ws="gtk" arch="x86" fragment="true" /> ... </feature>
Directory file format
Directory files are used to indicate where the plug-ins and features can be obtained, as well as their versions. It is a Java property file whose keys are always of the form type@id[,version] but where the value is open ended. When using map files to fetch your elements, the directory file is a concatenation of all the map files, for more details on map files see Fetching From Repositories.
Using the targets
The tasks previously described only work if Eclipse is running. In the particular scenario of executing Ant scripts using Eclipse tasks,the scripts must be run using the Eclipse Ant Runner application. The command line for this particular case is the following:
java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_<version>.jar -application org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner -buildfile build.xml
Note that the parameters appearing after the application are the parameters that are passed to Ant.
PDE Build Advanced Topics
PDE Build Integration with p2
PDE API Tooling
Setting up API Tooling
Configure existing plug-ins
This section explains how to enable your existing plug-ins for API analysis.
Select the project you want to convert.
- Right-click and select PDE Tools > API Tooling Setup...
- Once the API Tooling Setup wizard is open, check that the project is selected.
- If your project contains a file component.xml, you can uncheck the checkbox to preserve it after conversion.
- Click Next if you want to preview the changes, or Finish otherwise.
- Your plug-in is now converted to use API tooling.
Configure a new plug-in
This section explains how to enable a new plug-ins for API analysis.
- Click on File>New>Project...
- Select Plug-in Development>Plug-in Project and click Next.
- Fill the first page as you would do for any other plug-in and click Next.
- Check the option Enable API Analysis.
- Complete your Plug-in setup
- Click Finish.
Setting up a baseline
Once your plug-in is converted to use API tooling, you need to set up a baseline in order to get the compatibility analysis performed for your plug-in.
To create an API baseline do the following:
- Open the Plug-in Development > API Baselines preference page.
- Select the Add Baseline... button to open the API baseline wizard.
- Give a meaningful name for your baseline
- Click Browse... and select the root folder of the Eclipse SDK you want to choose as your baseline
- Click OK in the folder dialog
- Once the baseline is initialized, click Finish
- Click OK and you are all set. If your workspace contains some existing projects, you will be prompted for a rebuild.
Creating filters
Filters can be used to remove known or expected API problems that cannot be readily corrected. Problem filters can be created easily using the Create API Problem Filter quickfix.
Using the quickfix let's see how we can add a new filter.
The Problems view
- Open the Problem view.
- Select an API Tooling problem.
- Use Ctrl + 1 to trigger the quickfix from the problem view.
- Select Finish to create the new filter.
Editing the resource
- Open the resource the API problem exists in.
- Use Ctrl + 1 on the corresponding problem.
- One of the quickfix proposals will be the creation of a problem filter for the corresponding problem.
- Select it and the problem filter is added for you.
Once the problem filter has been created the corresponding resource is rebuilt and the problem is removed from the Problems view and any open editors.
Removing filters
If you want to remove an existing API filter, do the following steps:
- Select the project that has an existing API filter.
- Right-click on the project and select Properties.
- Go to Plug-in Development > API Problem Filters
- From the list of existing filters, select the one you want to remove
- Select Remove.
- Select OK or Apply.
Changing API Tooling options
The options can be changed per project or workspace.
- First you need to open the preference page. Do one of the following according to the desired scope:
- for the project scope, right-click a project and select Properties. Then go to Plug-in Development > API Errors/Warnings
- for the workspace scope, go to the Plug-in Development > API Errors/Warnings preference page.
- Select the tab for which you want to modify an option:
- API Use: for options related to API usage (unsupported tags, API restrictions, API leaks)
- API Compatibility: for options related to compatibility issues. They are sorted per type of element
- Version Management: for options related to invalid, missing, malformed @since tags or incorrect plug-in versions)
- Analysis Options - for general options
- All options of a page can be reset to the default values by clicking on Restore Defaults.
- Use the buttons insider the Set All As group to modify all options of the page to a specific value.
Comparing to an API Baseline
Any API tooling enabled project in your workspace can be compared to any one of the API baselines set up in your workspace. In addition to selecting projects to compare to a baseline you can also select (or multi-select) any of the following within an API tools enabled project:
- source folders
- package fragments
- compilation units
NOTE: all selections must be made from the Package Explorer because the compare wizard works only for Java elements.
To compare to an API baseline do the following:
- Select the elements to compare using the criteria mentioned above.
- Select the API baseline to compare to in the Compare Wizard
- Click Finish and you are all set. Any results from the compare will be shown in the API Tooling view.
Export and Install into the Running Host
PDE provides several tools for launching plug-ins and features in your workspace. The Eclipse Application Launcher can be used to create a second running instance of Eclipse that runs the code you have in your workspace. This is commonly referred to as self-hosting. Self-hosting is a powerful debugging and testing tool. However it is sometimes necessary for code to be tested in your host, your currently running Eclipse instance. To test code in the host, you need to export and install into the running Eclipse instance.
To export plug-ins and features and install them into the host Eclipse do the following:
- Develop your plug-ins and features in the workspace
- Open the export wizard, either File > Export... > Plug-in Development > Deployable plug-ins and fragments or File > Export... > Plug-in Development > Deployable features
- Select your plug-ins or features to export and install
- Select the last option on the Destination tab Install into host. Repository. Then choose a directory to create the repository in
- Hit Finish. The export operation will run followed by the installation operation.
- If the operations completed succesfully, you will be prompted to restart. Choose to restart now
Your plug-ins will be installed and running after the restart. You can see what has been installed using the Installation Details button on the About Dialog (available by going to Help > About Eclipse SDK)
API Tools Ant Tasks
Build Configuration
Menus and Actions
API Tooling Setup
Select the API Tooling Setup command [ ] to start the API Setup wizard.
API Baseline
Select the Compare With > API Baseline... command to start the API Compare wizard.
Property Pages
API Errors and Warnings
API problems are created during project builds (auto and full builds), the tooling breaks down the types of problems reported into one of three categories:
- Usage Problems - restricted code is being called by unauthorized plug-ins.
- Binary Incompatibilities - changes between versions are not binary compatible.
- Version Problems - plug-in versions or code versions (@since tags) not correct.
You can also configure the problem severities for the entire workspace as well using the Plug-in Development > API Errors/Warnings preference page.
For a complete listing of the preferences and their descriptions, please refer to the API Errors/Warnings preference page.
API Problem Filters
API problems are created during project builds (auto and full builds), but sometimes there are problems reported that are known or expected which cannot be readily fixed. These problems can be filtered.
Once a problem filter has been created, it can be viewed or removed using the API Problem Filters property page.
To locate this property page:
- Open the context menu for any API tooling enabled project and select Properties.
- Navigate to Plug-in Development > API Problem Filters.
Create API Problem Filter
Missing API Baseline
Since Tags
Version Numbering
Remove Unused API Problem Filters
Wizards and Dialogs
API Reference
Extension Points Reference
Other Reference Information
Defining API Restrictions
Javadoc @since Tag Management
Tips and Tricks
Creating a Rich Client Application
The Creating a Rich Client Application cheat sheet will guide you through the individual steps to create a plug-in, define a plug-in based product, customize a product, export a Rich Client Platform (RCP) application and define a feature-based product using the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE).
Creating an Eclipse Plug-in
The Creating an Eclipse Plug-in cheat sheet will guide you through the individual steps to create a plug-in, a plug-in extension, a feature and an update site using the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE). It will also demonstrate how to install and uninstall a feature using Install/Update.
To clean or not to clean
When you create a new runtime workbench launch configuration, PDE presets the Program Arguments on the launch configuration to include a -clean argument. This -clean argument clears all runtime-cached data in your runtime workbench from one invocation to the next to ensure that all the changes made in your host workbench, e.g. new Java packages were added to a plug-in project, etc., are picked up when you launch a runtime workbench.
This clearing of the cache may hinder performance if your target platform contains a large number of plug-ins.
Therefore, if you're in a situation where your target platform has a large number of plug-ins and you're at a stage where you are not actively adding/removing packages from your plug-in projects, you could remove the -clean argument from the launch configuration to improve startup time.
For a quick start, PDE provides several template plug-ins that will generate a plug-in with one or more fully-working extensions. In addition, if at any point, you would like to add a new extension from the template list (without having to generate a plug-in), you could access these extension templates directly from the manifest editor. From the Extensions page of the editor, click Add.... In the wizard that comes up, select Extension Templates in the left pane and choose the template of choice in the right pane.
Dependency Extent
If you have ever looked at the list of plug-ins that your plug-in depends on and wondered why your plug-in needs a particular plug-in X, now you can easily find out why. The Compute Dependency Extent operation found on the context menu in several contexts (including manifest file Dependencies page and Dependencies view) performs a combined Java and plug-in search to find all Java types and extension points provided by plug-in X which are referenced by your plug-in. The results will be displayed in the Search view. When a type is selected in the Search results view, the References in MyPlugIn action in the context menu searches for the places in the plug-in where the selected type is referenced.
If the search returns 0 results, you should definitely remove plug-in X from your list of dependencies, as it is not being used at all, and it would just slow class loading.
The Compute Dependency Extent is also useful to check if you are using internal (non-API) classes from plug-in X, which might not be desirable.
Extending the Java Search Scope
Java Search is limited to projects in your workspace and external jars that these projects reference. If you would like to add more libraries from external plug-ins into the search: open the Plug-ins View, select a plug-in and choose Add to Java Search from the context menu. This is handy for remaining aware of other plug-ins that depend on ones you're working on.


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This is a message to anyone who ever believed they could be something great when they grow up. It's an invitation to the future deliverers of promise and agents of change. To all who want to better themselves and the world around them by taking a path with purpose and being a part of something bigger. Join the heroes who have taken the vow to rebuild the broken and defend the good.
Welcome to the greatest cause of your lifetime: your own.

subset: commoncrawl


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Moving On, And Up: Brian Banks, 27, Plays As NFL Rookie
"You're up next."
Those three words are what any athlete longs to hear. For linebacker Brian Banks, it took more than 10 years for that sentence to be addressed to him by an NFL coach. When he heard it in a preseason game Thursday night, Banks got a taste of the life he once dreamed of — before he became a convicted felon and lost his chance to go to college, and was finally exonerated.
"It was out of control," Banks, 27, tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jeff Schultz of running onto the field for the Falcons' game. "I wasn't nervous at all but just the emotion of running through the tunnel, the adrenalin that comes with it, is better than any rollercoaster ride you could get on."
In all, Banks lost more than nine years to a rape conviction — five years in prison, then more than four as a registered sex offender wearing an electronic monitoring device. His name was cleared after his accuser, whose statement was the only evidence in the case against Banks, was videotaped saying she had not been raped.
We reported on Banks' story last spring, when NPR's Robert Siegel asked him about the mindset of a former inmate who is exonerated — and whether they're angry about it. The man who at 16 was destined to play for the University of Southern California said it's all about moving on.
"You have to realize that myself and others that have been wrongfully convicted of crimes, we've dealt with the situation," Banks said. And, "you realize that you're not going to survive in prison or progress as a human being if you allow yourself to continue to hold on to this negative energy. You keep the truth within you and understand what has taken place, but you also want to move on and move on strong."
As Southern California Public Radio's Patt Morrison reported last year, Banks cleared his name by recording his accuser, who had reached out to him on Facebook, "saying she wasn't raped and that she is afraid of coming forward because she might have to return the $1.5 million her family won from the Long Beach Unified School District in a civil suit."
Banks took that evidence to the California Innocence Project, which helped him clear his name.
Banks has said he gave up dreaming about playing pro football as a way to help him cope with prison life. But in Atlanta, Banks tells Schultz he did play in some games during his incarceration — contests he describes as flag football, but with "a lot of tackling."
In Thursday's game, Banks made two tackles, Schultz says, and drew cheers from the home crowd when his name was called late in the game.
Banks is a longshot to make it in the NFL. When he signed a contract with Atlanta earlier this year, he called the moment "surreal," as Eyder reported for The Two-Way.
The linebacker hopes to be on Atlanta's roster for this season. NFL teams reduce their ranks in the weeks of preseason games and practices, whittling the team down to 53 players by the end of this month.
On his blog that Banks is writing from the Falcons' training camp, he says he wants to make the team to help his family and to help others, as well. His goals, he said, are bigger than football.
"This is for the forgotten. The hopeless," Banks wrote. "Those who have forgotten how to be inspired, those who could use a little more."
"I think of my mother constantly," he added. "And how she sacrificed her home and car for my freedom. My family, that fact that we still struggle even today despite how things may seem."


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You Got A Problem With My Boobies, PUNK?
Yesterday, I took my brood to the library. It's a lovely library, with soaring ceilings and vast windows and big, plush leather chairs and - of course - miles and miles of books. We settled into a corner of the children's section on a comfy sofa, Emilia with a stack of picture books and me with Jasper, on the boob.
It was raining outside; we were damp from our walk. Droplets of rainwater fell from my hair onto Jasper's cheek and he pulled away, gurgling his disapproval. My breast dropped from his mouth and sagged, exposed, below the edge of my yanked-up t-shirt while he squawked.
"He's mad at you, Mommy," Emilia remarked without looking up from her book. "Because your boobies are wet."
I laughed, and almost didn't hear the polite coughing from the nearby stacks. A woman stood there, books in hand. She didn't meet my gaze, but looked over toward a table of computers where three young boys - probably eight or nine years old - sat playing a game. She coughed again and raised her eyebrows in their direction. Her meaning was clear.
I tucked my wayward breast back into my shirt and pulled Jasper upright. My immediate impulse was to be embarassed, contrite. To gather up my children and my things and go find somewhere else to nurse, somewhere where I wouldn't risk exposing young boys to the indecent display of my breast. To feel badly for making such a naked display of my motherhood in front of children.
My secondary impulse was to let my boob drop out from beneath my shirt again and use my free hand to make an indecent gesture at the woman.
I did neither. I simply looked away and pulled Jasper closer to my chest, tucking him against my breast so that his pale round head covered the pale round globe of the boob. And struggled to control my anger.
That woman had hit a nerve. Had we been at a bus stop, or a park bench, surrounded, say, by seniors, and someone had directed a disapproving look my way, I would have ignored them. But this woman had articulated her disapproval on behalf of children. Her problem, she implied with her look, was that I was exposing children to something inappropriate, something indecent. And for a moment, I bought it, and felt ashamed. Surely young boys shouldn't see an exposed breast in public, right? Why, that would corrupt them!
It's so ridiculous as to not even be worthy of explaining, but still. Sometimes important things need to be stated as loudly and as often as possible: BOOBS ARE NOT DIRTY. BOOBS ARE NOT SHAMEFUL. BOOBS SUSTAIN LIFE. OF BOOBS PUT TO THEIR NATURAL PURPOSE WE SHOULD BE PROUD. OF ALL BOOBS WE SHOULD BE PROUD.
Women who nurse - and, for what it's worth, women who don't nurse - should feel proud - and should be made to feel proud - nourishing their children anywhere, anytime, in front of anybody. Especially in front of children, who, more than anybody, need to know that a mother nursing her baby is a natural, beautiful thing. That breasts aren't just something for adults to leer that. That the human body is built for amazing things, and that the life-sustaining miracles that it performs are nothing to be ashamed of. Of course we teach them that some beautiful and satisfying things are private - but a mother caring for her baby is not one of those things. It is for everywhere, and should be celebrated.
It's World Breastfeeding Week this week. It should be a week for celebrating our freedom of choice in how we nurture and nourish our children. Instead, all the stories about nursing that I've seen have provided more evidence that we don't really have that freedom. A woman who was nursing in an H&M store in Vancouver was sent to a change room to nurse her infant. A woman on a WestJet flight was asked to cover up with a blanket. A woman nursing her baby in a library in Bowmanville, Ontario, got the stink-eye from some random stranger. We were - we are - all of us, at some point, made to feel ashamed for mothering.
Sure, we protest. But I'm getting really fucking sick of needing to protest. I'm tired of it. And this is why it sucks (no pun intended) (okay, sort of intended) so much: when women are made to feel ashamed for breastfeeding, they're being shamed at the most vulnerable times in their lives. They are exhausted. They are stressed. They are, often, struggling with depression. And still they fight on, working so, so hard to care for their babies. They are champions. And yet it is during this time, the most trying time of their championship, while they struggle to keep their footing and to keep going, that others kick them down and shame them.
And that just makes me so angry that I can't even see straight.
I'm not going to protest. I have no spare strength for protest. But I will do this: I will continue to bare my breast for my baby at every opportunity. Any time, any place. And if anyone so much as looks at me askance, I will look right back, and I will say - if only with my eyes, although I so wish for the courage to speak these words aloud - YOU should be ashamed of yourself for trying to shame me. You should be ashamed for belittling a mother. Shame on YOU.
And I will hope that my daughter is there to hear it.
Okay, for serious now, I am taking a small break, just a few days. There'll be some guests here while I spend a few days restoring myself. They'll take care of you. I'll be around reading comments and such, but mostly I'm going read and rest and flash boob. Wish you were here, don't you?
Labels: boobs, post-partum bad, Rants


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Oil and filter changes are one of the cheapest and most effective ways to prolong the life of your car. Almost any mechanic or repair shop can perform one for you. Pricing varies significantly based on the type of motor oil your car requires, as well as your location.
How Often Do I Need an Oil Change?
An oil and filter change should be performed on a regular and strict schedule. The car's owner manual and the electronic indicator on the dash are good starting points for when to change your oil. Depending on the manufacturer, this interval can range from 5,000 miles to 7,500 miles. These recommendations are based on normal driving conditions.
Driving Conditions
Most cars are actually driven under severe or varied driving conditions — extreme temperatures, higher speeds, and constant idling in traffic. Proper oil viscosity (thickness) is much more important under these operating conditions, but these conditions break down the viscosity more quickly. Therefore, for the majority of cars on the road, a 3,000 mile interval for conventional oil and a 5,000 mile interval for synthetic oil are a safer bet.
Vehicle Age
Oil changes for aging cars should become more frequent. As engines age, many gaskets and seals used to hold the oil inside the engine become dry and porous, allowing oil to leak. Also, as moving parts wear, particularly the cylinder rings, oil will pass into the combustion chamber and be burned. These worn parts also allow unburned fuel into the oil, which thins it out, making it less effective.
Why Are Regular Oil Changes Important?
Engine oil is your cars most important fluid. It performs three major functions in today's modern engines:
Oil provides critical lubrication to the multiple moving parts within the engine, especially the valve train, where metal to metal rubbing is constant. This decreases the friction between two metal moving pieces, which in turn keeps the engine from creating too much heat.
Decrease Buildup
Oil carries away dirt, grime, carbon and metal particles before they can build up and wear engine parts. These contaminants are suspended in the oil until cleaned out by the oil filter.
Oil feeds many small switches in the car. When the oil pressure increases, these switches change valve timing (variable valve timing), which allows for increased fuel economy, decreased emissions and good power throughout the full torque spectrum.
What If I Don't Follow The Recommended Intervals?
Infrequent oil changes can cause a variety of engine performance issues, and eventually lead to catastrophic engine failure. Engine oil is designed with special viscosity (thickness) properties, so that it can be thin at motor startup to provide instant lubrication, but also retain a prescribed thickness at running temperature in order to provide good lubrication and heat dissipation.
Decreased Lubrication
Oil begins to break down over time, retaining moisture and grime as the filter becomes more clogged. The oil becomes thicker at startup temperatures and thinner at higher temperatures. At this point, if neglected, the oil becomes a sludge or gel-like substance. This sludge cannot move through engine passages very well, leaving many critical parts starved for lubrication.
Performance Suffers
When the oil thickens, valve train switches don't receive the oil pressure required to change timing. Fuel mileage drops; emissions rise sharply.
Lost Warranty
These types of problems can occur in cars with as low as 40,000 miles. Many manufacturers now require regular oil changes to maintain engine warranties.
Service article originally written by an ASE Master Technician


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Just to point out the obvious, when a letter like this one, distributed to the members of the Medieval Academy Friday, is disseminated so quickly after the annual meeting (where the elected officers convene to discuss governance), then its language of "sad" report and directors "tendering their resignations" for a "sudden regrettable departure" is not to be taken at face value. Here is the letter from President Richard Unger to the members of the Medieval Academy in full:
Dear Members,
Sadly I must report that Eileen Gardiner and Ron Musto have tendered their resignation as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy, effective Friday, 19 April. Their sudden departure is regrettable but I am sure all of members of the Academy join me in wishing both of them the best of luck in the future. The three presidential officers jointly and with the support of the Executive Committee and the Council are working to ease the transition to new personnel in the office in Cambridge, MA. Any delays in actions of or responses from the office should be temporary and patience in coming days will be appreciated.
Richard W. Unger
President, Medieval Academy of America


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If you've spent any time at all searching for a way to cover a mission in your home country, you'll know how many options there are out there.
In fact, it can be bewildering. There are ways to get paid for missions all over the place, but it can be very tricky to get the right one for you. Fortunately, I have made this easy for you.
Look up writing agencies and writing jobs. If you wanted to work for an agency, then they would pay you for your assignments. If you wanted to work for a freelance company, they'd pay you for your assignments. Now, these aren't the only options, but they're some of the most common ones.
Ask friends for references. If you do lots of freelance writing, or you're just starting out, ask people you know who do freelance work what companies they use and if they pay for their assignment writing. Be careful, though. Some people will not tell you the truth, and you want to avoid hiring a bad company.
Try to find a native English speaker to do your homework for you. If you live in a country where English isn't a first language, it can be especially difficult to do your homework without somebody who speaks your native English. However, native speakers are in demand for a good deal of different jobs. You may have the ability to negotiate a lower rate if you do offer native English as your native language. Additionally, some companies will pay a commission on a translated document even if it is not completely in your native tongue.
Check out assignment help websites. A lot of businesses have online sections that provide advice and tips about doing freelance writing, in addition to offering assignment help. You can usually also contact these companies by email before you pay someone to do my assignment help. It can save you a lot of hassle and time if you can reach someone who knows what they're doing beforehand. Firms who do online homework assignments can supply this sort of support as part of their membership.
Receive a writer's notebook. You want to get a notebook in order to perform research-related assignments, particularly when you're working on larger projects like assignments for school or translating documents. Write down thoughts, notes, and research as you find them. Your laptop will also come in handy if you encounter a specific issue or difficulty using a research paper, essay, or assignment.
Work with online writing services. Most writing services nowadays are actually online writing services with offices somewhere in the world, allowing their clients to do their homework. Rather than having their customer service department to keep calling up the author, they do most of their work online and assign editors to read through duties, make suggestions, answer questions, and do other things related to giving customers the best possible customer service experience.
Decide on a strict deadline. Set a deadline for yourself so that you can do your assignment writing. Some authors can do their job faster than others, but the total time frame should be short enough for you to do it in. Don't set a deadline so far ahead that you forget to do it, or else you might not get the completed project on time. Bear in mind, deadlines are for individuals, not for assignment writers!
Make it easy for qualified writers to get in touch with you. Contact qualified writers via email or via other methods of contact which let them do this quickly and easily. If you give them an email address or a link to do my assignment uk your website, they will usually need to call you to discuss future assignments or if they have any questions regarding your contract.
Communicate often with writers through the website. In case of questions, you can answer them via the website, or even directly to the person who is assigned to do your homework. This helps to prevent assignments from taking too long and you also wind up meeting deadlines more quickly because all authors are able to reach you immediately.
Finally, pay someone to do your homework for you. Yes, it is not always feasible or even cheap for you to do it yourself. However, there are times when you just don't have the time to do all the research or the assignments on your own. If you do not have someone to do the writing for you, pay somebody to do it. This is particularly significant when assignments are due in a brief amount of time.


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The other day I had the Food Network on in the background and the Ina Garten was making a roasted pepper and goat cheese sandwich . The sandwich sounded tasty! I really like both roasted red peppers and goat cheese. I decided to take the base idea of a sandwich with roasted red peppers and goat cheese and go from there. I thought that grilled chicken would go really well in the sandwich. I also thought that the sandwich still needed some more flavour and a bit of moisture. Then a great idea hit me. How about balsamic glazed chicken? The reduced balsamic sauce would add lots of flavour to the sandwich and any extra sauce would be soaked up by the bun. The sandwich still needed a bit of green and I though that fresh basil leaves would be the perfect fit. As for the bread, I went with my favorite sandwich bread, ciabatta, which I toasted lightly so that is was slightly crunchy and nice and warm. The balsamic glazed chicken sandwich with roasted red peppers and goat cheese turned out to be really tasty!
Balsamic Glazed Chicken Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers and Goat Cheese
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 chicken breast
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 slices of bread or 1 bun cut in half (toasted if desired)
- 1 roasted red pepper
- 4 basil leaves
- 1/2 ounce goat cheese
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the chicken breast and cook for about 6 minutes on each side.
- Remove the chicken and set aside.
- Add the balsamic vinegar and soy sauce and deglaze the pan.
- Add the chicken and simmer until the sauce reduces turning the chicken occasionally to coat.
- Place the chicken on the bottom slice of bread/bun and pour the remaining glaze onto it. Add the roasted red pepper, basil leaves and goats cheese.
Chicken and Roasted Red Pepper Panini with Cilantro Pesto and Feta
Grilled Vegetable Panini
Roasted Red Pepper, Pistachio and Feta Stuffed Chicken
Grilled Chicken and Club Sandwich
Bacon Wrapped Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken with Balsamic Drizzle and Basil
Jerk Chicken and Pineapple Sandwiches with Coconut Slaw


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Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, suffers mild stroke
LAS VEGAS (AP )- A spokeswoman for Michael Jackson's father says the musical family's patriarch has suffered a mild stroke...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A spokeswoman for Michael Jackson's father says the musical family's patriarch has suffered a mild stroke.
Angel Howansky says Joe Jackson went to a Las Vegas hospital late Wednesday night when he had trouble standing up and walking. She says the 83-year old Jackson was having pains in his head but reports he is feeling fine Thursday and should be released on Friday.
She says he called a friend who drove him to the hospital.
Jackson's wife, Katherine, is reportedly on her way to Las Vegas to be with him. Jackson has maintained a residence there for many years while his wife lives in Los Angeles, where she cares for the late pop star's children.
Howansky says Jackson has had small strokes at least twice before this.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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President Obama will be advised to veto a multi-year farm bill slated to be discussed in the House this week, the White House says. The administration issued a statement on the legislation Monday afternoon, criticizing it for cutting food programs for the poor.
At more than 575 pages, the bipartisan bill was introduced by Reps. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Collin Peterson, D-Minn., the chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Agriculture.
When it was released in early May, Rep. Lucas called the bill, officially titled the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, "a responsible and balanced bill that addresses Americans' concerns about federal spending and reforms farm and nutrition policy to improve efficiency and accountability."
The Obama administration doesn't agree, saying today that the "bill makes unacceptable deep cuts in SNAP, which could increase hunger among millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet, including families with children and senior citizens."
The White House added that if the bill's sponsors want to make budget cuts, they ought to reduce federal subsidies, such as crop insurance.
"Rather than reducing crop insurance subsidies by $11.7 billion over 10 years, as proposed in the President's Budget," the statement reads, "H.R. 1947 would increase reference prices for farmers by roughly 45 percent and increase already generous crop insurance subsidies at a cost of nearly $9 billion over 10 years to the Nation's taxpayers."
A summary of the bill released by the House Agriculture Committee says the legislation will "eliminate or consolidate over 100 programs," in addition to enacting the "first reforms to SNAP since the welfare reforms of 1996, saving more than $20 billion."
Among those changes, Republicans say, are two moves to keep states from adding more people to the food program than the law was meant to allow. Earlier today, Lucas tweeted a photo of a chart listing those reforms.
When the farm bill was released, Rep. Peterson said he believes "there are more responsible ways to reform nutrition programs," but he added that "the bottom line is that this is the first step in the process and it is past time to pass a five-year farm bill."
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Canon imageFORMULA CaptureOnTouch for the DR-2010C/2510C, DR-2020U and P-150
Canon imageFORMULA CaptureOnTouch for the DR-2010C/2510C, DR-2020U and P-150
Canon USA, Inc. has become aware of a certain phenomenon that may occur when documents are scanned using the following versions of CaptureOnTouch when the Scan Job function with Continuous Scanning is enabled:
CaptureOnTouch version 1.0 for the DR-2020U
CaptureOnTouch version 1.4 for the DR-2010C/2510C
CaptureOnTouch version 1.0 for the P-150
Regardless of the scanner settings being used, after scanning a batch of documents, to the left of the CaptureOnTouch screen will be a preview of what has just been scanned. To the right of the CaptureOnTouch screen, you are prompted to either "Continue scanning" or "Continue to next step". If you click on the left arrow and preview the document that has just been scanned, then scan a subsequent batch of documents and add this batch to the previous file by clicking on "Continue scanning", you will lose the pages of this subsequent batch in an amount equal to the number of pages you scrolled back to preview in the immediately preceding batch of scanned documents.
For example:
You scan a 5 page document, then preview this document by scrolling back to page 1. This means that you have scrolled back 4 pages. You then scan a second 5 page document by clicking on "Continue Scanning" and thereby add this document to the file with the first 5 page document you just scanned. Upon completion of scanning the second 5 page document, you click on "Continue to Next Step" and the file is then saved to the path chosen. When opening the saved file, you will have lost the last 4 pages of the second scanned 5 page document. The file for both the first and second 5 page documents, which should be comprised of 10 pages, is now comprised of 6 pages.
This phenomenon could result in the loss of data should you discard the source documents after scanning.
The above phenomenon will be eliminated by installing the following updated versions of CaptureOnTouch for their respective models. To avoid this phenomenon please immediately update your CaptureOnTouch with the appropriate versions noted below.
CaptureOnTouch version 1.1 for the DR-2020U
CaptureOnTouch version 1.7 for the DR-2010C
CaptureOnTouch version 1.7 for the DR-2510C
CaptureOnTouch version 1.1 for the P-150


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Long john wetsuit with front entry zipper, shortie over jacket and a separate hood.
Manufactured from a high visibility red 4mm neoprene. Frequently used for helicopter search and rescue operations, as well as training.
Reinforced panels down the sides of the long john, under the arms, on the seat area, crotch and elbows. Kevlar knee protection.
Features torch pockets that house lighting equipment used by search and rescue/ military divers.
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A 4-way stretch neoprene, super stretchy comfortable and versatile. Used on the neck and wrist seals of drysuits and wetsuits.
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YKK® AQUASEAL® zippers are perfect for diving. This zip has been designed to be flexible and smooth, offering optimum protection with a film-coated tape and an innovative zipper element mechanism. Keeping the water out and you dry.
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