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Parent topic: Agentry Editor and Eclipse Platform Overview

The Agentry Perspective in Eclipse

The views within the Agentry Perspective in Eclipse work together. The navigation of an application project involves selecting a definition in one perspective, and then viewing it in one or more of the other perspectives.

The views are included in the Agentry Perspectives provided with the Agentry Editor plug-in for Eclipse.


In this section:
    Project Explorer View
    The Project Explorer View is a part of the core Eclipse platform that is used by the Agentry Editor plug-in. In general, this view displays projects saved within the current Eclipse workspace. These projects are displayed in a tree control, with each root node representing one of the projects. For the Agentry Editor, the Agentry application projects within the current workspace are listed here as well.
    Properties View
    The Properties View displays the attributes and child definitions for the currently selected definition within the project. The definition’s attributes are edited within this view, and its child definitions can be modified as well, including adding new definitions, deleting a child definition, or selecting a child definition. Selecting a child definition displays it in the Properties View.
    Diagram View
    The Diagram View provides a graphical representation of a definition. The layout, organization and appearance of this view is specific to the type of definition being displayed. Many of these are self-explanatory in nature.
    Dependency View
    The Dependency View displays the definitions within the application project that reference the currently selected definition in the Project Explorer. This is useful information when editing or removing the selected definition, as you can readily see the definitions that can or will be affected by the change.
    Trash Bin View
    The Trash Bin View displays a list of all definitions that have been deleted from the Agentry application project. This view provides a holding pen of deleted definitions to allow for their recovery in the event the deletion was in error.
    Problems View
    The Problems View provides informational, warning and error messages related to the current Agentry application project.
    Agentry Test Environment View
    The Agentry Test Environment view is part of Agentry Editor, providing the same features as the standalone Agentry Test Environment, except that it does not support test scripts.
    Agentry Views Outside of the Agentry Perspective
    The Agentry Editor includes views displayed in the Agentry Perspective as well as views displayed when certain operations are performed or displayed on demand by the developer.

Parent topic: Agentry Editor and Eclipse Platform Overview