your first man（Your First Plugin(转载） 规格严格）

Summary The traditional Hello World program doesnt do that much, but it can be invaluable when exploring a new development environment. In this article well develop the Eclipse Hello World plug-in and show you how to integrate it with the Eclipse Workbench. After you read this article you should know how to use the Eclipse Java™ Development Tooling to create, run, and debug a simple plug-in that extends the Eclipse Platform. Youll see how to setup a project for your plug-in, edit the Java code, compile, and run or debug your plug-in in another launched copy of Eclipse. Well be looking at plug-in manifest files, extensions, and extension points to see how plug-ins are described to Eclipse and how they are integrated with the Platform.

By Jim Amsden, OTI Updated September 6, 2002 for Eclipse release 2.0 by Andrew Irvine, OTI Last revised January 28, 2003

Editors note: Sept. 2003 - This article has been retired from service. The newer article PDE Does Plug-ins shows how PDE greatly simplifies the task of creating a plug-in.

This article describes Eclipse release 2.0, which differs in minor ways from the previous Eclipse release. If you are still working with Eclipse release 1.0, you should consult the original version of this article.