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What Is IAdaptable?

IAdaptable is a key interface in the Eclipse arsenal. For old hands, its use trips off the fingers like exception handling or abstract classes. For the uninitiated, it may be quite scary. This article looks at what the IAdaptable interface is, and how it can be used to extend existing functionality within Eclipse. (1,000 words)

Eclipse - a tale of two proccesses (and many classloaders)

When starting off with Eclipse plugin development or rich client platform development, you're more than likely to run into issues like ClassNotFoundException or problems with the Java command line and properties like java.endorsed.dirs.

Most often, these problems arise because many Eclipse developers don't realise the magic that lets Eclipse do its work. Amongst these are the fact that there's actually two processes under the covers, and that each bundle has its own classloader. Once you understand how these fit together, debugging problems may be somewhat easier. (2,500 words)

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