eclipse-xtext / eclipse-xtext/xtext

JDT Facade project

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Description

In some parts, we use internal members of JDT or use reflection to perform different method calls according to the version of JDT (see https://github.com/eclipse/xtext/pull/3128 and https://github.com/eclipse/xtext/pull/3124)

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We could confine such code in a separate project, acting as a facade for JDT. At least the code using reflection and internal JDT members is not spread over all our projects.

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked pull requests 3128, 3124, and 3206, plus issue #3205, to identify the existing JDT internal-member and reflection usage. Define the scope of a separate JDT facade project and verify that this work would confine those compatibility calls rather than leaving them spread across projects.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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