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Bug 26068

Summary: [Import/Export] Allow importing to workspace from the internet
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: David Weitzman <weitzman_d>
Component: IDEAssignee: Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: b.muskalla
Version: 2.0.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: other   
Whiteboard:

Description David Weitzman CLA 2002-11-12 20:34:56 EST 
As of 2.0.2, the Eclipse import wizard supports Existing Project, External Plug-
ins and Fragments, File system, Team Project Set, and Zip file.

For some items whose location is known (.jar/.zip files for small to medium 
sized dependancies, RFCs, etc.) it would often be easiest to just enter a URL 
and let Eclipse download the item directly to the workspace instead of 
downloading it to a temporary location on the hard drive and then importing it.

Lazy people like me would appreciate it if import from 'Internet resource' (or 
something similar) were on the list.
Comment 1 Mike Wilson CLA 2007-06-20 16:35:01 EDT 
We won't be adding this functionality directly. I know the web tools project have implemented some kind of capability to import from remote filesystems. That might be close to what you are looking for here.