Google Web Toolkit Eclipse Plugin Release Notes

• 1.0.1.v200905131156

Release Notes for 1.0.1.v200905131156

Features

• Wizards
• New GWT Project: Creates a new GWT project (wraps the projectCreator/applicationCreator scripts)
• New GWT Module: Creates a new GWT module
• New GWT Host Page: Creates an HTML host page for a GWT module
• New GWT Entry Point Class: Creates a new entry-point class for a GWT module.
• Customized editing of JSNI methods
• Syntax coloring for JavaScript idioms and references to Java entities
• Validation of JavaScript syntax (using the Rhino parser)
• Marks errors on unresolved Java references (can be disabled for a particular method with @SuppressWarnings("jsni"))
• Open Declaration (F3) action works on Java references
• Java Search includes references inside JSNI methods
• Refactoring Java types (move/rename) and members (rename) affects references in JSNI
• Auto-completion of JSNI method bodies based on the method's Java signature while also accounting for Bean-style properties.
  For example, if the java method's signature is native int getFoo(int x), the proposed completions would be:
  • /*-{ }-*/
  • /*-{ return this.getFoo(x); }*-/
  • /*-{ return this.foo(x) }*-/
  • /*-{ return this.foo[x] }*-/
• GWT Runtimes
• Can point to GWT jars or imported source projects (gwt-user, gwt-dev-<platform>)
• Can be easily switched via the Project Properties page (e.g., change a GWT project to use 1.5 jars instead of 1.4.6 jars)
• Added to project classpath as a library (similar to Java JRE)
• Runtimes can be defined via Preferences -> Google Web Toolkit -> Installed Runtimes
• Launch configurations
• Can launch hosted mode sessions or JUnit tests
• Context menu -> Run As... shortcuts on GWT modules, HTML host pages, and GWTTestCases
• Settings tab for specifying GWTShell arguments (log level, compiler output obfuscation, etc.)
• GWT Runtime selection for overriding the GWT runtime library used in build classpath
• Module editor
• Auto-completion of module elements, attributes
• Structural and element-wise validation of module files
• XML syntax validation of module files
• Auto-update
• Checks for updates automatically, and notifies user when new version is available to install
• Can be disabled via Preferences -> Google Web Toolkit