Eclipse Framework Terminology

The Eclipse framework makes use of several metaphors:

• Application Window, a single application window is assumed
• View, a pane in the application window. There are a number of predefined areas in the Application window where a view may be located.
• Editor, a special view associated with a resource
• [Perspective], a grouping of views assembled for a specific purpose
• [Main Menu], menu associated with the main application window
• [Main Toolbar], toolbar associated with the main application window
• [View Menu], available as a black triangle in the title bar of the view
• [View Toolbar], additional icons that are available in the view title bar

At a low level the Eclipse Framework makes use of JFace and SWT to provide:

• [Viewer], a consistent form of View creation
• 1 Actions, define shared behaviors between menus, toolbars and buttons
• [Registries], which hold images and fonts
• [Dialogs], which provide simple interactions with the user
• [UDIGGuide:Wizards], which provide complex interactions with the user