Editing Eclipse (software) (section)

==Architecture==
Eclipse uses plug-ins to provide all the functionality within and on top of the run-time system. Its run-time system is based on [[Equinox (OSGi)|Equinox]], an implementation of the [[OSGi]] core framework specification.<ref>{{cite web |work=OSGi Alliance Site |title=OSGi Certified Products |url=https://www.osgi.org/osgi-certification/osgi-certified-products/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420211310/https://www.osgi.org/osgi-certification/osgi-certified-products/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2016 |access-date=2 August 2016 }}</ref>

In addition to allowing the Eclipse Platform to be extended using other [[programming language]]s, such as [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[Python (programming language)|Python]], the plug-in framework allows the Eclipse Platform to work with typesetting languages like [[LaTeX]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/|title=TeXlipse homepage – LaTeX for Eclipse|website=TeXlipse.sourceforge.net|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216155946/http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> and networking applications such as [[telnet]] and [[database management system]]s. The plug-in architecture supports writing any desired extension to the environment, such as for [[configuration management]]. Java and [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]] support is provided in the Eclipse [[Software development kit|SDK]], with support for other [[version control system]]s provided by third-party [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]s.

With the exception of a small run-time kernel, everything in Eclipse is a plug-in. Thus, every plug-in developed integrates with Eclipse in the same way as other plug-ins; in this respect, all features are "created equal".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecplug/|title=Developing Eclipse plug-ins|last=Gallardo|first=David|date=1 December 2002|website=IBM|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131612/https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecplug/|url-status=live}}</ref> Eclipse provides plug-ins for a wide variety of features, some of which are from third parties using both free and commercial models. Examples of plug-ins include for [[Unified Modeling Language]] (UML), for Sequence and other UML diagrams, a plug-in for DB Explorer, and many more.

The Eclipse SDK includes the Eclipse Java development tools (JDT), offering an IDE with a built-in Java [[incremental compiler]] and a full model of the Java source files. This allows for advanced [[refactor]]ing techniques and code analysis. The IDE also makes use of a ''workspace'', in this case a set of [[metadata]] over a flat filespace allowing external file modifications as long as the corresponding workspace ''resource'' is refreshed afterward.

Eclipse implements the [[graphical control element]]s of the Java toolkit called [[Standard Widget Toolkit]] (SWT), whereas most Java applications use the Java standard [[Abstract Window Toolkit]] (AWT), [[Swing (Java)|Swing]], or [[JavaFX]]. Eclipse's [[user interface]] also uses an intermediate [[graphical user interface]] layer called [[JFace]], which simplifies the construction of applications based on SWT. Eclipse was made to run on [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] during a [[Google Summer of Code]] (GSoC) Project in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.vogella.com/2014/08/18/eclipse-now-runs-on-wayland/ |title=Eclipse now runs on Wayland |date=18 August 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |archive-date=23 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823203722/http://blog.vogella.com/2014/08/18/eclipse-now-runs-on-wayland/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{As of|2017}}, language packs being developed by the ''Babel Project'' provide translations into over 40 [[natural language]]s.<ref name="Babel" />