Semantic Versioning

http://semver.org

Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:

1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
3. PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.

Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.

How to change the default console output buffer size in Eclipse

Eclipse User:

In Window > Preferences > Run/Debug > Console there's a checkbox "Limit console output" and a textfield for entering the buffer size of the console. However, you can increase it up to 1000000

Eclipse Plugin Development:

To uncheck the console output limit:

IPreferenceStore store = DebugUIPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore();

store.setDefault(IDebugPreferenceConstants.CONSOLE_LIMIT_CONSOLE_OUTPUT, false);

To change only the buffer limit:

store.setDefault(IDebugPreferenceConstants.CONSOLE_LOW_WATER_MARK, 500000);

How to merge the changes from your development branch to master/release branch

$ git checkout development

$ git merge -s ours release  //merge release into development and discard any changes on release branch

$ git checkout release

 $git merge development

Note: Very important point here is, we are completely discarding the changes which are made in release branch. Here we will just bring all the changes from development branch to release branch without having conflicts. If any conflicts during the merge it will take development changes and ignore the release changes if any.

This merge strategy can be used ONLY when you are sure that release branch does not have any additional git commits compared to development branch. 

If release branch is having specific commits and which are not there in development branch, then it's better to go always with the default merge strategy.

$ git checkout release
$ git merge development

Resolve any conflicts if any and commit it.

Github markup editor

Editor:
http://github-markup.dfilimonov.com/

Some notes:
https://gist.github.com/dupuy/1855764
https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/
https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet

How to find the product code for the installed MSI file in windows

Run below command from power shell to see.

PS C:\Users\Admin> get-wmiobject -class Win32_Product


IdentifyingNumber : {32A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0170400}
Name              : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 40
Vendor            : Oracle
Version           : 1.7.0.400
Caption           : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 40

IdentifyingNumber : {32A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0170760}
Name              : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 76
Vendor            : Oracle
Version           : 1.7.0.760
Caption           : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 76

IdentifyingNumber : {32A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0170800}
Name              : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 80
Vendor            : Oracle
Version           : 1.7.0.800
Caption           : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 80

IdentifyingNumber : {64A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0170400}
Name              : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 40 (64-bit)
Vendor            : Oracle
Version           : 1.7.0.400
Caption           : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 40 (64-bit)

IdentifyingNumber : {64A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0170800}
Name              : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 80 (64-bit)
Vendor            : Oracle
Version           : 1.7.0.800
Caption           : Java SE Development Kit 7 Update 80 (64-bit)

IdentifyingNumber  number represents the product code.

How can I pass arguments to an extension point constructor/ createExecutableExtension with parameters in eclipse

Please also refer to my previous post.
http://exploreeclipse.blogspot.in/2015/09/reading-extension-point-from-eclipse.html

public void readExtensionPoint(String myjsonString) {

IExtensionRegistry registry = Platform.getExtensionRegistry();

IConfigurationElement[] elements = registry.getConfigurationElementsFor("com.kk.myplugin", "services");

for (IConfigurationElement iConfigurationElement : elements)

{

iConfigurationElement.getAttribute("service_id");

iConfigurationElement.getAttribute("name");

try

{

try

{

String attribute = iConfigurationElement.getAttribute("class");

String contributorName = iConfigurationElement.getDeclaringExtension().getContributor().getName();

Class<?> javaClass = Platform.getBundle(contributorName).loadClass(attribute);

Constructor<?> ctor = javaClass.getDeclaredConstructor(String.class);

IService service = (IService) ctor.newInstance(myjsonString);

return service;

}

catch (Exception e)

{

}

}

catch (CoreException e)

{

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

Reading an extension point from eclipse plugin

public void readExtensionPoint() {

IExtensionRegistry registry = Platform.getExtensionRegistry();

IConfigurationElement[] elements = registry.getConfigurationElementsFor("com.kk.core", "platformServices");

for (IConfigurationElement iConfigurationElement : elements)

{

iConfigurationElement.getAttribute("id");

try

{

//This is your class

Object createExecutableExtension = iConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension("class");

}

catch (CoreException e)

{

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

Here is my extension point schema definition:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<!-- Schema file written by PDE -->

<schema targetNamespace="com.kk.core" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<annotation>

      <appinfo>

         <meta.schema plugin="com.kk.core" id="platformServices" name="platformServices"/>

      </appinfo>

      <documentation>

         [Enter description of this extension point.]

      </documentation>

   </annotation>

   <element name="extension">

      <annotation>

         <appinfo>

            <meta.element />

         </appinfo>

      </annotation>

      <complexType>

         <sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">

            <element ref="service"/>

         </sequence>

         <attribute name="point" type="string" use="required">

            <annotation>

               <documentation>

                  

               </documentation>

            </annotation>

         </attribute>

         <attribute name="id" type="string">

            <annotation>

               <documentation>

                  

               </documentation>

            </annotation>

         </attribute>

         <attribute name="name" type="string">

            <annotation>

               <documentation>

                  

               </documentation>

               <appinfo>

                  <meta.attribute translatable="true"/>

               </appinfo>

            </annotation>

         </attribute>

      </complexType>

   </element>

   <element name="service">

      <complexType>

         <attribute name="id" type="string" use="required">

            <annotation>

               <documentation>

                  

               </documentation>

            </annotation>

         </attribute>

         <attribute name="class" type="string" use="required">

            <annotation>

               <documentation>

                  

               </documentation>

               <appinfo>

                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn="com.kk.core.services.Service:com.kk.core.services.IService"/>

               </appinfo>

            </annotation>

         </attribute>

      </complexType>

   </element>

   <annotation>

      <appinfo>

         <meta.section type="since"/>

      </appinfo>

      <documentation>

         [Enter the first release in which this extension point appears.]

      </documentation>

   </annotation>

   <annotation>

      <appinfo>

         <meta.section type="examples"/>

      </appinfo>

      <documentation>

         [Enter extension point usage example here.]

      </documentation>

   </annotation>

   <annotation>

      <appinfo>

         <meta.section type="apiinfo"/>

      </appinfo>

      <documentation>

         [Enter API information here.]

      </documentation>

   </annotation>

   <annotation>

      <appinfo>

         <meta.section type="implementation"/>

      </appinfo>

      <documentation>

         [Enter information about supplied implementation of this extension point.]

      </documentation>

   </annotation>

</schema>

Extension:

   <extension

         id="com.kk.core.platform.services"

         name="KK Platform Services"

         point="com.core.platformServices">

      <service

            class="com.kk.core.services.CheckService"

            id="xx34567vvk">

      </service>

     

   </extension>