New MyEclipse Desktop Features

The MyEclipse Desktop feature is a new set of capabilities that provides tight integration with the native platform.  The new actions in the 4.1.1 release are just the first steps in providing developers with more rich desktop integration straight from the MyEclipse Workbench. 

In the 4.1.1 release, two new actions have been added to all MyEclipse perspectives and the Java perspective.

• Open in Explorer -- Opens the selected folder or file in an Explorer shell (Windows Explorer)
• Send to Mail Recipient -- Attaches the selected file to a new email message.  It uses whatever default email program is registered on your system to send the email.

The two actions are also available in the context-menu of resources as well. 

MyEclipse Desktop Actions

Select any resource that contains or represents a folder on your system and the "Open in Explorer" action will be enabled.  Clicking it will bring up the corresponding folder in the Windows Explorer.

Select one or multiple file resources in an eclipse view and attach them to a new email by using the "Send to Mail Recipient" action.  A multiple file selection will attach each file individually to the email. 

MyEclipse Web 2.0 Browser

Now it is much easier to open the MyEclipse Web 2.0 Browser by just clicking on the toolbar action, "Launch the MyEclipse Web2.0 Browser".  This action has been added to all of the MyEclipse perspectives.

The Web 2.0 Browser now includes a Source page that simple shows the HTML source for the current browser page.  You can select source code and copy it using "Ctrl + C" shortcut.  We will be continuing to enhance this feature in future releases.

A new JavaScript Console view has been added to the Web 2.0 Workbench.  This view works in conjunction with the Web 2.0 Browser and shows all console and JavaScript errors, warnings, and messages.

Creation of POJOs from existing HBM files is now possible through the Hibernate Forward Engineering wizard.  Activate this new wizard by right-clicking any .hbm.xml file and selecting "Generate POJOs".

The Hibernate Forward Engineering wizard allows you to specify a source location and base persistant class. You can optionally generate an abstract class which is on by default.  Also, it is possible to use custom templates for  custom templates  

Hibernate Reverse Engineering Customization

The Hibernate Reverse Engineering wizard has also been improved in MyEclipse 4.1.1.  Now you can generate version and timestamp tags where appropriate.

Also, page 3 of the Reverse Engineering wizard has received a couple of new enhancements. 

• You can customize the name of the generated class per Table name.
• Easily include artifact generation from related tables
• You have greater control over generated relationships