Open from External Event

Eclipse plugin which can handle external event and open files or show a stacktrace. This feature is inspired by 2 features:

• the Direct Click Through feature of the Atlassian Connector
• Eclipse Open from Clipboard feature

How does it work?

It's really quite simple. Eclipse will listen on a port locally on the client machine (it'll only accept loopback IPs, so there is no security breach). Your link is really a simple call to this port. Eclipse plugin will pick this up and work magic.

What is handled

Tries to open the matching Java element in the editor if the clipboard contains a single line. Otherwise it opens the contents in the Java Stack Trace Console. Examples:

java.lang.String
String
String#getBytes
String.getBytes
java.lang.String.getBytes(String)
String.java:123
at java.lang.String.matches(String.java:1550)
java.lang.String.valueOf(char) line: 1456
currentTimeMillis()

Where is it used from?

• Jenkins plugin
• AnalysisDashboard

Plugin installation

To install the Eclipse plugin:

• In Eclipse, click on Help -> Install New Software...
• Click on Add..
• Enter the following: Name: Open from External Event plugin URL: http://cbos.github.io/OpenFromExternalEvent/update/ and click OK.
• Select the plugin and click Next >.
• You'll need to accept the (empty) license and confirm you want to install a plugin that is not digitally signed. Go ahead and install it anyway.
• Restart eclipse.