Version 3.4.0

The Object Teams Development Tooling is an extension to the Eclipse platform, serving as an integrated development environment (IDE). It embeds the role-based and aspect-oriented language Object Teams/Java into the IDE, providing software developers with a rich set of tools to support the development.

Read an Overview of the OTDT (2 pages, in German). See the Feature list for further information. See the OTDT 1.3 New&Noteworthy: Cumulative enhancements in the OTDT since release 1.2.0 See the OTDT 1.2 New&Noteworthy: User visible enhancements in the OTDT since release 1.1.1. Other OTDT release info: The list of tickets which have been resolved in version 1.2.1. The list of tickets which have been resolved in version 1.2.0 (since version 1.1.9). Test results jacks suite (2010 test cases) junit suite (39800 test cases). See the Eclipse 3.4 New&Noteworthy: User visible enhancements in Eclipse since release 3.3.0. Please at the Eclipse Plugin Central.

The OTDT 1.2.x requires Eclipse 3.4.0 to be installed running in a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5.0 or greater.
Other than that the OTDT has no platform requirements.

http://www.objectteams.org/distrib/otdt-updates-1.2

This is what you will find on the update site:

Name			Content
	OTDT 1.2.x based on Eclipse 3.4		Category comprising all features of the OTDT
		Object Teams Development Tooling	[recommended] This umbrella feature includes all parts of the OTDT. → Select this if you want to develop OT/J programs.
		OT/Equinox Feature	[alternative] Installing this feature enables the Eclipse platform to host plugins written in OT/J. → Select this if you only want to run OT/J plug-ins but don't require development support. This is also included in the above feature.
		OTDT Core Patch Feature	[implicit] This feature replaces the jdt core with a version that is able to handle OT/J. → No need to directly install this.
	Various patches for Eclipse 3.4		Category containing some patches that did not make it into Eclipse 3.4 but are relevant for the OTDT 1.2.x
		OSGIPatchFeature	[recommended] Without this patch Eclipse may enter an infinite loop of attempted restarts when installing/updating features (splash screen periodically coming and going). → See Eclipse bug 235006
		Patch for PDE Bug 234178	[optional] Required for plug-in developers who want to export their plug-ins/features using the Export Wizard. → See Eclipse bug 234178

Note, that it is recommended to install the OTDT from an account that has write permissions in the Eclipse installation area.

If you are concerned about permissions, you might want to install the "OT/Equinox Feature" and "OSGIPatchFeature" from a privileged account and let regular users add the "Object Teams Development Tooling" under their own account.

Notes on compatibility

The OTDT-feature replaces the Eclipse Java compiler with the OT/J compiler, which is in fact a modified version of Eclipse's Java compiler.
Find out about the compiler's compatibility.

Suggested memory setting

In order to avoid problems with low memory, we advise you to start the OTDT (command eclipse) with the following argument:

-vmargs -Xmx512m

The Sun JVM also likes the following tweak for running Eclipse (again after the -vmargs switch):

-XX:MaxPermSize=128m

Source code access

Fetch or browse the Source Code via anonymous subversion access.

3.4

The OTDT is build on top of the 3.4 release of Eclipse ("Ganymede")

1.2.x

For the OTDT this is the x^th release within the 1.2 stream.

3.1024.x

For technical reasons the adapted JDT core plug-in contained in the OTDT is labeled by this kind of version number, which signals that this plug-in is compatible with a 3.4 release of the original JDT but not vice versa, since our JDT core additionally supports OT/J
(we are not claiming that we are 1020 releases ahead of Eclipse ;-).

 

See the Feature list for further information.

See the Build Notes for changes between versions.

Fetch or browse the Source Code via anonymous subversion access.

 

Older software

Version 1.1.x based on Eclipse 3.3.y is available here
Version 1.0.0 based on Eclipse 3.2.2 is available here
really old software is available here (just for documenting the history ;-)

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