Internet Tools
The internet component contains Internet preferences (e.g. proxy
server configuration), Web browser support, and the TCP/IP monitor. The
component lead is Tim deBoer.
WST Internet Plugins
- TCP/IP Monitor
- org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.core**
- org.eclipse.wst.internet.monitor.ui**
- Monitor for Web pages, Web services
- Shows request from client and the servers response
- Useful for understanding applications, debugging, etc.
- Supports TCP/IP and HTTP
- View bytes, images, or XML
- Web Browser utilities
- org.eclipse.wst.internet.webbrowser
- The internal Web browser and support for launching external
browsers moved into Eclipse in 3.1M6
- Utilities for the Eclipse browser plugin
- Easily switch between browsers, toolbar button to open internal
browser
- Proxy Settings
- org.eclipse.wst.internet.proxy
- Manage internet proxy configuration and JRE properties
- Preference page
- HTTP proxy servers and firewalls
- Authenticating proxy servers
- SOCKS
- Likely to move to Eclipse 3.2
- Internet Cache
- org.eclipse.wst.internet.cache
- Caches documents requested from the internet
- Currently only used by the XML catalog
** Contains provisional API
API Status
- API is basically ready to go. Based on past experience we're
reasonably comfortable with the current content
- Reasonable validation through several servers and API users in WTP
- BEA and IBM are both in the process of validating the API
internally
- Provisional APIs:
- TCP/IP Monitor
- Parts of server tools relating to features
For more information
- Component overviews
- Overviews exist for all three components (wst.internet,
wst.server, jst.server) on the WTP website
- Some documentation about specific function:
- Run on Server
- Generic servers
- EclipseCon presentation
- API javadoc in code or in online help
- Bugzilla
- Feel free to open enhancement requests for unclear javadoc,
further documentation you'd like to see, etc.