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Possible to use a dropins folder for an RCP application [message #1478385]

Tue, 18 November 2014 16:44

Phil Beauvoir

Messages: 62
Registered: October 2012

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I'm trying to get my RCP application to recognise plugins dropped into a specified "dropins" folder. So far, no luck. This is what I've done:

I added the following additional p2 plugins to the RCP app product:

<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.directorywatcher"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.extensionlocation"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.garbagecollector"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.jarprocessor"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.eclipse"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator"/>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.manipulator"/>
<plugin id="org.sat4j.core"/>
<plugin id="org.sat4j.pb"/>

And added the following line to the RCP application's Archi.ini file (the RCP app is named Archi.exe):

-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=C:/Archi/dropins

Then I placed a couple of plugins in that dropins folder, launched the RCP app and...nothing.

I checked the installed plugins running in the RCP app and the p2 plugins are there, but not the ones in the dropins folder.

(The plugins do register if I put them in the RCP app's "plugins" folder.

Is it possible to do this?

[Updated on: Tue, 18 November 2014 16:45]

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Re: Possible to use a dropins folder for an RCP application [message #1831435 is a reply to message #1478385]

Wed, 19 August 2020 18:16

Richard Zepeda

Messages: 1
Registered: August 2020

Junior Member

I know this is a very old question with no answer (here) but I came here as a result from a recent search on this topic.

Phil, the short answer to your question is yes.

I do believe that the org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins plugin needs to be auto-started. This may not be the full solution to the issue, but you will need to add the org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins to your product configuration and set Auto-Start to true (Product Editor, Configuration tab, Start Levels section).

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