Chapter 6. Working with Resources

Resources – files, folders, and builders

As an IDE, Eclipse is used to work with files and folders. Eclipse creates the concept of a workspace (a group of related projects), a number of projects, and then files and folders underneath each. These resources are then used by builders to be able to create derived resources upon change, which is how Eclipse compiles Java source files into .class files.

In this chapter, we will:

  • Create a custom editor
  • Read the contents of a file
  • Create a resource file
  • Use a builder to automatically process changes
  • Integrate the builder with a nature
  • Highlight problems in the editor with markers

Using the workspace and resources

Everything in the Eclipse IDE is based on the concept of a workspace, which contains a number of projects, which in turn contain files and folders. Generically, these are all resources and are represented with a path and then either a set of contents or a set of children.

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