Does eclipse have its own library, or does java have a big shared library that all IDE’s use?
Thanks, and sorry for my lack of knowledge.
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Does eclipse have its own library, or does java have a big shared library that all IDE’s use?
Thanks, and sorry for my lack of knowledge.
Eclipse has its own platform/framework for developing GUI applications in general and IDE in particular. This in turn is based on the OSGi standard for modular Java applications.
Eclipse even includes a native code widget library (SWT) that is used instead of Swing.
Large parts of this infrastructure are shared among the Eclipse family of IDE (such as Aptana), but not really with other IDE such as Netbeans. OTOH, some task-specific code, such as drivers to connect to source control systems and databases, is usable with other platforms as well.
Eclipse also has its own Java compiler.