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Bug 516840

Summary: JavaClassPathTab BootPath Setting
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Jeff Butler <jeffgbutler>
Component: DebugAssignee: JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: P3    
Version: 4.7   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows NT   
Whiteboard: stalebug

Description Jeff Butler CLA 2017-05-17 15:14:29 EDT 
The class org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.launchConfigurations.JavaClasspathTab has a method "isShowBootpath" that can be used to enable/disable showing the bootpath in the view.  In the class, the method returns "true" so the bootpath is always shown.

I have extended that class for my plugin and have overridden the method to return false.  Everything works great, but JavaClasspathTab has @noextend in the JavaDoc, so I am getting an API Usage warning.

As far as I can tell, extending the class works fine and indeed it looks like the class is designed for extension as there is a protected member variable and several protected methods.

So, can the @noextend tag be removed?  Or can you provide some way to change the behavior of the "isShowBootpath" method (perhaps a second constructor with a flag, or a setter method?).

Thanks!
Comment 1 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-02-16 15:02:12 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. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. 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.

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