JavaElement

 

First, getting to know what is Java element, we have to check "Field Detail" in IJavaElement which is a interface of JavaElement . It has

1. Java_Model
2. Java_Project
3. Package_Fragment_Root
4. Package_Fragment
5. Compilation_Unit
6. Class_File
7. Type
8. Field
9. Method
10. Initializer
11. Package_Declaration
12. Import_Container
13. Import_Declaration
14. Local_Variable
15. Type_Paramenter

 

This list, at least, tells the answer I proposed in the previous article. The method body isn't a JavaElement, so it couldn't be a delta. Then let's see what they are, the following picture may give you a good intuition.

 

Now let's use Java element do two interesting tasks.

Task1 . List all java project hierarchies in current workspace.

 

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject; import org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspace; import org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspaceRoot; import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin; import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ICompilationUnit; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaProject; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMethod; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IPackageFragment; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IPackageFragmentRoot; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException; public Object execute(ExecutionEvent event) throws ExecutionException { // Get the root of the workspace IWorkspace workspace = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace(); IWorkspaceRoot root = workspace.getRoot(); // Get all projects in the workspace IProject[] projects = root.getProjects(); // Loop over all projects for (IProject project : projects) { try { printProjectInfo(project); } catch (CoreException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } return null; } private void printProjectInfo(IProject project) throws CoreException, JavaModelException { System.out.println("Working in project " + project.getName()); // Check if we have a Java project // The project nature could be found in ".project" file if (project.isNatureEnabled("org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature")) { IJavaProject javaProject = JavaCore.create(project); printPackageInfos(javaProject); } } private void printPackageInfos(IJavaProject javaProject) throws JavaModelException { IPackageFragment[] packages = javaProject.getPackageFragments(); for (IPackageFragment mypackage : packages) { // Package fragments include all packages in the // classpath // We will only look at the package from the source // folder // K_BINARY would include also included JARS, e.g. // rt.jar if (mypackage.getKind() == IPackageFragmentRoot.K_SOURCE) { System.out.println("Package " + mypackage.getElementName()); printICompilationUnitInfo(mypackage); } } } private void printICompilationUnitInfo(IPackageFragment mypackage) throws JavaModelException { for (ICompilationUnit unit : mypackage.getCompilationUnits()) { System.out.println("Source file " + unit.getElementName()); Document doc = new Document(unit.getSource()); System.out .println("Has number of lines: " + doc.getNumberOfLines()); printIMethods(unit); } } private void printIMethods(ICompilationUnit unit) throws JavaModelException { IType[] allTypes = unit.getAllTypes(); for (IType type : allTypes) { IMethod[] methods = type.getMethods(); for (IMethod method : methods) { System.out.println("Method name " + method.getElementName()); System.out.println("Signature " + method.getSignature()); System.out.println("Return Type " + method.getReturnType()); } } }

 

Task2 . Creating a Java project without displaying a wizard