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Bug 322659

Summary:	[Common Navigator] API request: setWorkingSet(s), getWorkingSet(s)
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Timotei Dolean <timotei_cluj>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	francisu, joeymink, oliver.buchtala, remy.suen
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Timotei Dolean

2010-08-13 10:15:08 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100617-1415

Hello!
I would like to request API for handling with working sets programatically.
Currently, the deprecated IResourceNavigator has 2 methods: getWorkingSet and setWorkingSet. 
It would be nice for the CommonNavigator class to have those 2 methods for a better programatically handling of the working sets. Maybe even make them handle multiple working sets: IWorkingSet[] getWorkingSets(), setWorkingSets(IWorkingSet[] sets). 
I haven't found any other method of selecting/getting the active working sets without using my own ISelection provider.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Nothing to reproduce

Comment 1 Oliver Buchtala

2011-04-30 15:53:35 EDT

I am working on a CMake (CDT) generator.
Currently, I am studying the PDE documentation and found that remark about a missing working sets API. This would be the basic requirement for starting my plugin project.

@Timotei:
you are talking about some workaround using ISelection provider.
Could you give me some detail (bear with me: I am PDE beginner).

My context:
I created a generator for CMake that can produce Eclipse projects for CMake enabled (C/C++) projects. Together, a working set specification is generated.
I'd like to import this specification and set working sets automatically.
Also, when I relaunch CMake these specification may change. So I'd like to have dynamic control over the working sets.
I need this feature, right? Is there a workaround with your mentioned technique?

Comment 2 Oliver Buchtala

2011-04-30 16:26:51 EDT

Why is this issue restricted to platform PC Windows 7?

Comment 3 Francis Upton IV

2011-04-30 16:30:39 EDT

This is something we can consider for 3.8.

Right now the support for working sets is in the ProjectExplorer, not the CommonNavigator. I think there are several reasons to move the working set support down into the CommonNavigator.

Comment 4 Oliver Buchtala

2011-04-30 16:39:40 EDT

(In reply to comment #3)
> This is something we can consider for 3.8.
> 
> Right now the support for working sets is in the ProjectExplorer, not the
> CommonNavigator. I think there are several reasons to move the working set
> support down into the CommonNavigator.

Ok.

I am currently in a research phase sorting out feasibility of my project.
Can I achieve my intent with the ProjectExplorer API?

Comment 5 Oliver Buchtala

2011-04-30 18:58:52 EDT

After playing around with examples, it seems that I ProjectExplorer (by controlling Window Working Sets) manipulation is sufficient for me.

Thanks.

Comment 6 Francis Upton IV

2011-04-30 19:30:20 EDT

(In reply to comment #5)
> After playing around with examples, it seems that I ProjectExplorer (by
> controlling Window Working Sets) manipulation is sufficient for me.
Thank you, and you must have found the regular working set API that's independent of the ProjectExplorer.

Comment 7 Lars Vogel

2019-11-27 07:31:18 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got
resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some
reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it.
The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you
still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is
(for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

If the bug is still relevant, please remove the stalebug whiteboard tag.