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Spring IDE 2.0 brings improved Project Explorer Integration

With this blog entry I would like to introduce one of Spring IDE 2.0’s new features - the improved integration with Eclipse’s Project Explorer.

But before delving into the details let’s take a look on the Project Explorer:

Project Explorer with web projectThis view was introduced with Eclipse 3.2. It leverages the Common Navigator Framework to present a domain-oriented view of the projects in the workspace. General projects are shown in the same way as the Navigator view, but other projects are presented in a hierarchy that makes sense for their particular domain. For example, Java projects appear as a hierarchy of source folders and packages rather than folders.

Project Explorer with web project Starting with version 1.3.3 Spring IDE contributed Spring-related content and corresponding filters to the Project Explorer.

With the upcoming version 2.0 of Spring IDE these contributions to the Project Explorer were further improved:

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