Carbide.c++ is built on the Eclipse platform. The Eclipse components used are:
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Eclipse 3.4
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A slightly modified version of CDT 5.0.0
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EMF 2.4.1
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GEF 3.4.1
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The APIs published by these components are available for use in your plugins.
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Carbide.c++ itself publishes a set of APIs which are documented in this guide.
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Carbide.c++ requires Java 5 and a Java 5 JRE is part of the Carbide.c++ installation.
+Your plugins can use Java 5 features. The included version of CDT was built with Java 1.4 language compliance.
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Developing plugins for Carbide.c++ requires knowledge of Java and Eclipse plugin development practices.
+There are a number of good references in this area. Some are:
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The Eclipse online help, Platform Plug-in Developers Guide