EclipseJoystick is a POC which shows that it is possible to control an Eclipse RCP application through HTTP : a kind of “REST RCP Application”.

Download Eclipse Joystick eclipsejoystick-20060404.zip

Unzip the file.

Start EclipseJoystick.exe. Click on : A Kiss or Eclipse or The Sky or Dreaming

By sending a HTTP request an image is pushed in an Eclipse View.

• Showing a perspective : http://localhost:8081/perspective/perspectiveID
• Initializing a view : http://localhost:8081/view?viewId=AnId&param1=value1&param2=valu2

• Adding filter

• Opening an Eclipse View from a help documentation
• Simple communication protocol between plugin
• Scripting an Eclipse RCP application
• Adding credentials to a Eclipse RCP application

Version : 05/04/2006