HI Nathiesha

I couldn't see any commit[1] during the last couple of week, it's good
practices to do commit stuff daily basis, because it's easy for us to
review and provide regular feedbacks.

Shall we have a progress review during the next week ?.

Thanks and Regards
/Jasintha

[1]-
https://github.com/nathiesha/org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.errorreporter.git

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Nathiesha Maddage <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I formatted and cleaned the code and added the licence header.
> Regarding the naming of the project, I named the project
> as org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.errorreporter for now. And about the
> packages, I referred to the developer studio plugins projects you have sent
> me. However as I am still not familiar with the naming conventions for
> developer studio plugins I temporarily created a couple of packages to
> group the Java classes. I hope I can do the proper renaming and packaging
> later with your support.
>
> I created the ErrorInfoCollector class and there all the system
> information and error related information is fetched. However I couldn't
> find a method to get the plugin version and I am still working on it. And
> the error report that I have sent you previously had an attribute called
> fingerprint and it also contained a set of bundle information. Those two
> parts I could not understand. So I left them for now.
> As you suggested, this class can be improved later to
> collect further information regarding the error.
>
> I started with preferences page as well. I created a draft preference page
> and currently working on improving it.
>
> This is the new GitHub link of the project repository. Please refer to
> this afterwards.
>
> Link-
> https://github.com/nathiesha/org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.errorreporter.git
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Nathiesha
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Kavith Lokuhewage <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nathiesha,
>>
>> Please find my inline comments.
>>
>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Nathiesha Maddage <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Regarding the preference settings, as I have read, the plugins that are
>>> started early are listed in preferences-general-startup and shutdown page.
>>> So the user can deselect the plugin from that list and then it will not be
>>> started once Eclipse starts. Is this what is expected?
>>>
>>
>> No. This is not the expectation.
>>
>> Or I can add an option for the user to configure the start up settings of
>>> the error reporting plugin, in a separate preference page, that I am going
>>> to develop for the Error Reporting plugin settings.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. This is the expectation.
>>
>>
>>> And regarding the multi status of IStatus, I will look into that and I
>>> will try to fetch all the previously failed operation information. Here I
>>> have attached a error report that Eclipse error reporting tool produces.
>>> Please have a look at the information listed in that report regarding the
>>> error. As you have mentioned earlier, I will add the previously failed
>>> operation details if available. Other than previously failed operations and
>>> the information listed in the attached report , what else need to be added
>>> to the error report? Or is that information sufficient for the development
>>> team?
>>>
>>
>> For now, we will keep our focus on this information and give priority to
>> them. However, there's always chance for improvements. Later, if time
>> permits, we may focus on the aspects such as attaching the artifacts which
>> could have caused the issue (with the permission of user), information
>> about project hierarchy, active editor, perspective etc. (we should analyse
>> the needs for these further), etc.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> And thank you for the tips about getting the run time details. That
>>> saved my time. I will try those. And as you have suggested, it is good to
>>> use the proper coding standards from the beginning. I will get an idea from
>>> the example project you have sent me, and I will refactor the code
>>> accordingly.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> Thanks and regards
>>>
>>> Nathiesha
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Kavith Lokuhewage <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nathiesha,
>>>>
>>>> Great start! Just some heads up for your next steps.
>>>>
>>>> An IStatus instance sometimes could be a multi status instance where
>>>> you can get other IStatus instances associated with it using the
>>>> getChildren() method[1]. This simply means that a series of operations
>>>> failed and information about previously failed operations are also valuable
>>>> when making the report.
>>>>
>>>> There are multiple ways to read java run-time version, the easiest
>>>> would be to read the system property called "java.runtime.version".
>>>>
>>>> Furthermore, org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform class [2] provides
>>>> multiple methods to fetch run-time environment information such as OS name,
>>>> architecture and windowing library etc. It will also be helpful for you
>>>> fetch additional information about the run-time environment.
>>>>
>>>> On a side note, I would suggest that it will be good if you starts
>>>> coding with the proper coding standards we use, from the beginning. This
>>>> will reduce the time it takes to refactor the code later, in a great
>>>> amount. As a start you can refactor the current package hierarchy to a
>>>> proper package hierarchy we use for developer studio plugins [get an idea
>>>> from - 3].
>>>>
>>>> I am attaching the license header and eclipse code cleanup and
>>>> formatting templates for java.
>>>> Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java-> Code Style
>>>>            1. Set attached templates as cleanup and formatting
>>>> templates (next format current classes)
>>>>            2. Set the contents of license header file as the java file
>>>> comment template in code templates section.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kavith Lokuhewage
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://help.eclipse.org/luna/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fcore%2Fruntime%2FIStatus.html
>>>> [2]
>>>> http://help.eclipse.org/luna/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fcore%2Fruntime%2FPlatform.html
>>>> [3]
>>>> https://github.com/wso2/developer-studio/tree/master/plugins/org.wso2.developerstudio.eclipse.updater
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Nathiesha Maddage <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I created a git hub repository, so the project progress can easily be
>>>>> tracked.
>>>>>
>>>>> I could start up the plugin when the IDE starts up, by implementing
>>>>> Istartup interface. I tested it as well. Then I created a log listener
>>>>> class and attached that to the platform log, so any error is notified.
>>>>> The next task is to filter the Dev studio plugin errors out of them.
>>>>> For testing purposes, currently my code filters out the errors caused
>>>>> by org.eclipse.core.runtime, and that seem to work fine. I created a very
>>>>> basic dialog to notify the error, which will be triggered when an error
>>>>> occurs. I will further improve the UI later.
>>>>> And currently I am working on collecting the information regarding the
>>>>> error, that need to be included in the report. Certain information like
>>>>> plugin id, error message and severity can be easily obtained by the 
>>>>> Istatus
>>>>> object, and now I am searching for ways to fetch the other information 
>>>>> like
>>>>> java version, plugin version, osgi and bundle related information.
>>>>>
>>>>> GitHub Link- https://github.com/nathiesha/ErrorReportingTool.git
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Nathiesha
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Nathiesha Maddage <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the summary of the facts we discussed during the chat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Original project proposal was discussed and it was confirmed
>>>>>>    that a new plugin would be developed for developer studio to report 
>>>>>> errors,
>>>>>>    that would have similar functionalities like  code recommenders error
>>>>>>    reporting tool.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Certain suggestions were proposed for the original project
>>>>>>    proposal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    1. Instead of using an xml file to store user preferences, a
>>>>>>    separate preference page was suggested.
>>>>>>    2. For a first time user, a dialog box to get the user input was
>>>>>>    suggested to be develop. The user given values for this dialog box 
>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>    stored in the preference page as well so that user can change those 
>>>>>> values
>>>>>>    later on using the preference page.
>>>>>>    3. To get the information about the error and the error stack,
>>>>>>    the original idea was to read the log file and fetch the information.
>>>>>>    However it was suggested to make use the IStatus object instead, to 
>>>>>> get the
>>>>>>    error related data as it provided methods to fetch those data.
>>>>>>    4. The plugin should only report the errors that is concerned
>>>>>>    with the developer studio. So as the first step, it was suggested to 
>>>>>> track
>>>>>>    all the errors caused by the developer studio plugin. This is to be
>>>>>>    implemented by listening to the error log of the dev studio plugin 
>>>>>> only.
>>>>>>    Once this task is accomplished, I was advised to implement a 
>>>>>> mechanism to
>>>>>>    filter all the other errors as well and find and any errors that has 
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>    connection with the developer studio and to report them as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - I had an issue about registering to the error event. That you
>>>>>>    clarified by suggesting to do the initialization in the start method 
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>    BundleActivator implemented plugin class. And suggested me to try 
>>>>>> changing
>>>>>>    the start up behavior of the plugin from the default lazy 
>>>>>> initialization
>>>>>>    method into some different method in the manifest file of the plugin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - I was asked to get started with coding, and to maintain a
>>>>>>    git-hub repository, so you can view and comment on the parts I have 
>>>>>> done so
>>>>>>    far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - I was also asked to get started with the error capturing part
>>>>>>    first as it is of highest priority, and then to focus on the UI and
>>>>>>    connecting with Jira.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - To track the progress of the project, a milestone plan was
>>>>>>    asked to be prepared on daily basis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - It was discussed to arrange the next meeting/call in another
>>>>>>    two weeks time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please point out if I have missed any important fact in our
>>>>>> discussion.
>>>>>> I am currently preparing the milestone plan. I will send it soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathiesha
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Kavith Lokuhewage*
>>>> Software Engineer
>>>> WSO2 Inc. - http://wso2.com
>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>>> Mobile - +9477-9-145-123 | +9471-455-6-401
>>>> Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kavith-lokuhewage/49/473/419>
>>>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/KavithThiranga>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> *Kavith Lokuhewage*
>> Software Engineer
>> WSO2 Inc. - http://wso2.com
>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>> Mobile - +9477-9-145-123 | +9471-455-6-401
>> Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kavith-lokuhewage/49/473/419>
>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/KavithThiranga>
>>
>
>


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