By calling IFlexProject.build(IncrementalProjectBuilder.INCREMENTAL_BUILD, null) , the plugin could trigger the Flex compiler to recognize the new classes immediately.
This process, while straightforward in concept, required navigating a labyrinth of Eclipse internal APIs that were poorly documented and frequently changed with each Flash Builder update (e.g., from Flex Builder 3 to Flash Builder 4, the entire project model shifted). By 2013, Adobe had begun to sunset Flex in favor of HTML5. In 2015, Adobe donated the Flex SDK to the Apache Foundation (Apache Royale). Flash Builder itself saw its last major release (4.7) and was eventually discontinued. Consequently, the Flex Builder plugin ecosystem collapsed. flex builder plugin
(Using Eclipse IFile API) The plugin would write three MXML/ActionScript files, pre-filled with bindings and event metadata. Crucially, it would also modify the project’s .flexProperties file and update the .actionScriptProperties to include the new sources in the build path. By calling IFlexProject
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.newWizards"> <wizard id="com.example.flex.mvpWizard" name="MVP Pattern Component" class="com.example.flex.wizards.MVPWizard" category="com.adobe.flexbuilder.wizards.category"/> </extension> (Java) The wizard would ask for component name, whether to generate a model, view, and presenter, and a target package. In 2015, Adobe donated the Flex SDK to
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