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Update note about JDT with 3rd party compiler backend (#2813)
Co-authored-by: Ed Merks <[email protected]>
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With the Workbench?
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<p>
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No. The JDT provides a number of sophisticated features including fully
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automatic incremental compilation, code snippet evaluation, code assist,
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type hierarchies, and hot code replace. These features require special
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support found in the workbench Java compiler (an integral part of the
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JDT's incremental project builder), but not available in standard Java
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compilers.
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Not with vanilla JDT. Some features of JDT such as Snippet evaluation do require usage
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of the built-in compiler and currently cannot work with another compiler.
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</p>
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However, note that JDT does provide some mechanisms to allow 3rd-party plugins to
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enable an external compiler instead of the built-in one for most features (completion,
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selection, search, incremental compilation, and so on) but actual usage of such third-party
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compilers is not something that JDT includes nor for which JDT is responsible.
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<h3>
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Where Do Java Packages Come From?

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