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Bug 255104 - API tools could (should) be able to clean up via user request
Summary: API tools could (should) be able to clean up via user request
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: PDE
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: API Tools (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5   Edit
Hardware: PC All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Michael Rennie CLA
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Blocks: 244676
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Reported: 2008-11-12 15:51 EST by Michael Rennie CLA
Modified: 2009-04-02 15:44 EDT (History)
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Description Michael Rennie CLA 2008-11-12 15:51:07 EST 
API tools should provide a wizard-like mechanism that users can use to force a clean up of API tools. This could be very useful in:

1. removing dead API filters
2. offering suggestions for pairing javadoc tags, for example adding noextend tags with noimplement tags
3. cleaning up orphaned api descriptions in the meta-data
Comment 1 Michael Rennie CLA 2008-11-12 16:00:57 EST 
problem filter clean up covers bug 244676
Comment 2 Michael Rennie CLA 2008-11-13 15:43:32 EST 
Created attachment 117824 [details]
work in progress

This is some started work, reworking our API tooling wizard
Comment 3 Michael Rennie CLA 2008-11-25 10:44:30 EST 
created bug 256450 for stale filter clean up since it can be plugged into the builder, causing that aspect of clean-up to occur every build (if the user turns it on)
Comment 4 Michael Rennie CLA 2009-04-02 15:44:15 EDT 
closing as wontfix, as we have added in support / quickfixes for the suggested clean up ideas already in the builder