Java Development Tools
The Java Development Tools ( JDT ) are a series of plug-ins for the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment and are developed by the Eclipse Open Source Community . They represent the development environment for Java and are therefore one of the most important plug-ins in Eclipse. With views, editors, wizards, builders, as well as code merging and refactoring tools, the JDT provide numerous functions that support the developer in creating Java applications. A comprehensively defined programming interface allows the JDT to be used or expanded in other Eclipse plug-ins.
structure
JDT distinguishes five types of plug-ins.
- JDT Core
- Core functionality such as incremental compilation
- JDT text
- Standard tools for editing source text , editors
- JDT debug
- Tools for debugging running programs
- JDT UI
- graphic-oriented tools such as tree views and wizards
- JDT APT
- Tools to support annotation