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Implementation Example - Safari/Eclipse PlugIn
This implementation example shows how the Safari API can be
integrated into a development environment, giving developers access to technical information when
and where they need it. In this case, the Eclipse version 2.1.3 development environment was used.
Once this example's add-on is installed, Safari is added as an option under the
search menu in Eclipse:
Results are presented to the user in the main Eclipse window:
The results include relevant book titles and sections. When the user double-clicks on
any of the results, a separate window appears where bibliographic information about each
listed book or section and an extract may be displayed:
1. Safari Plug-in integration with Eclipse platform
2. Class Diagram
The following diagram depicts the high-level interaction of classes
for different user actions in different windows.
3. Intraction diagrams
The following interaction diagrams depict the inside view of the plug-in classes
for different user actions in different windows.
4. Safari Server Interaction
The following diagram depicts the interaction among various modules involved while
getting the XML from safari server.
5. Safari Search UI Options and its URLs
The following tables show various search UI options and the corresponding URLs
generated by the plugin.
Queries Limited to Book Metadata
Queries of Book Content
6. XML Parsing
7. Installation of the Module
The Safari/Eclipse add-on module may be downloaded by clicking
here. The zip file includes the add
on and all associated source code. In order to run the module, you must be
working with Eclipse version 2.1.3 (the module is currently not compatible with
Eclipse 3.0).
Installation of the add-on is straightforward. Simply unzip the file to the
c:\program files\eclipse\plugins folder on your
workstation.
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