Eclipse Platform
Map of Platform Plug-ins

The Eclipse Platform provides basic support for plug-ins, resources, and the workbench.

The Eclipse Platform itself is divided up into a number of separate plug-ins. The following table shows which API packages are found in which plug-ins as of Eclipse 3.1. This table is useful for determining which plug-ins a given plug-in should include as prerequisites.

API Package Required plug-in id Notes
org.apache.tools.ant[.*]
org.apache.tools.bzip2
org.apache.tools.mail
org.apache.tools.tar
org.apache.tools.zip
org.apache.ant  
org.apache.lucene[.*] org.apache.lucene  
org.eclipse.ant.core org.eclipse.ant.core  
org.eclipse.compare
org.eclipse.compare.contentmergeviewer
org.eclipse.compare.rangedifferencer
org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer
org.eclipse.compare  
org.eclipse.core.commands
org.eclipse.core.commands.common
org.eclipse.core.commands.contexts
org.eclipse.core.commands.operations
org.eclipse.core.commands  
org.eclipse.core.expressions org.eclipse.core.expressions  
org.eclipse.core.filebuffers
org.eclipse.core.filebuffers.manipulation
org.eclipse.core.filebuffers  
org.eclipse.core.resources
org.eclipse.core.resources.refresh
org.eclipse.core.resources.team
org.eclipse.core.resources  
org.eclipse.core.runtime
org.eclipse.core.runtime.content
org.eclipse.core.runtime.dynamichelpers
org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs
org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences
org.eclipse.osgi[.*]
org.osgi[.*]
org.eclipse.core.runtime [1]
org.eclipse.core.boot (obsolete)
org.eclipse.core.runtime.model (obsolete)
org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility [2]
org.eclipse.core.variables org.eclipse.core.variables  
org.eclipse.debug.core
org.eclipse.debug.core.model
org.eclipse.debug.core.sourcelookup
org.eclipse.debug.core.sourcelookup.containers
org.eclipse.debug.core  
org.eclipse.debug.ui
org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions
org.eclipse.debug.ui.console
org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory
org.eclipse.debug.ui.sourcelookup
org.eclipse.debug.ui  
org.eclipse.help org.eclipse.help  
org.eclipse.help.browser
org.eclipse.help.search
org.eclipse.help.standalone
org.eclipse.help.base  
org.eclipse.help.ui
org.eclipse.help.ui.browser
org.eclipse.help.ui  
org.eclipse.jface
org.eclipse.jface.action
org.eclipse.jface.action.images
org.eclipse.jface.bindings
org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys
org.eclipse.jface.bindings.keys.formatting
org.eclipse.jface.commands
org.eclipse.jface.contexts
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.images
org.eclipse.jface.images
org.eclipse.jface.operation
org.eclipse.jface.preference
org.eclipse.jface.preference.images
org.eclipse.jface.resource
org.eclipse.jface.util
org.eclipse.jface.viewers
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.deferred
org.eclipse.jface.window
org.eclipse.jface.wizard
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.images
org.eclipse.ui [3]
org.eclipse.jface.contentassist
org.eclipse.jface.contentassist.images
org.eclipse.jface.text (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist
org.eclipse.jface.text.formatter
org.eclipse.jface.text.hyperlink
org.eclipse.jface.text.information
org.eclipse.jface.text.link (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.presentation
org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler
org.eclipse.jface.text.rules
org.eclipse.jface.text.source (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.source.projection
org.eclipse.jface.text.source.projection.images
org.eclipse.jface.text.templates (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.templates.persistence
org.eclipse.jface.text [4]
org.eclipse.jface.text (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.link (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.projection
org.eclipse.jface.text.source (split)
org.eclipse.jface.text.templates (split)
org.eclipse.text.edits
org.eclipse.text [4]
org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring
org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants
org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring  
org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring  
org.eclipse.search.ui
org.eclipse.search.ui.text
org.eclipse.search  
org.eclipse.swt
org.eclipse.swt.accessibility
org.eclipse.swt.awt
org.eclipse.swt.browser
org.eclipse.swt.custom
org.eclipse.swt.dnd
org.eclipse.swt.events
org.eclipse.swt.graphics
org.eclipse.swt.layout
org.eclipse.swt.printing
org.eclipse.swt.program
org.eclipse.swt.widgets
org.eclipse.ui [5]
org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32 org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86 [9]
org.eclipse.team.core
org.eclipse.team.core.subscribers
org.eclipse.team.core.synchronize
org.eclipse.team.core.variants
org.eclipse.team.core  
org.eclipse.team.ui
org.eclipse.team.ui.synchronize
org.eclipse.team.ui  
org.eclipse.ui.browser org.eclipse.ui.browser  
org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets  
org.eclipse.ui.console
org.eclipse.ui.console.actions
org.eclipse.ui.console  
org.eclipse.ui.editors.text
org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.templates
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor (split)
org.eclipse.ui.editors [6]
org.eclipse.ui.forms
org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor
org.eclipse.ui.forms.events
org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets
org.eclipse.ui.forms  
org.eclipse.ui (split)
org.eclipse.ui.about
org.eclipse.ui.actions (split)
org.eclipse.ui.activities
org.eclipse.ui.application
org.eclipse.ui.branding
org.eclipse.ui.browser
org.eclipse.ui.commands
org.eclipse.ui.contexts
org.eclipse.ui.dialogs (split)
org.eclipse.ui.handlers
org.eclipse.ui.help
org.eclipse.ui.intro
org.eclipse.ui.keys
org.eclipse.ui.model (split)
org.eclipse.ui.operations
org.eclipse.ui.part (split)
org.eclipse.ui.plugin
org.eclipse.ui.preferences
org.eclipse.ui.presentations
org.eclipse.ui.progress
org.eclipse.ui.testing
org.eclipse.ui.themes
org.eclipse.ui.views
org.eclipse.ui.wizards
org.eclipse.ui [7,8]
org.eclipse.ui (split)
org.eclipse.ui.actions (split)
org.eclipse.ui.dialogs (split)
org.eclipse.ui.ide
org.eclipse.ui.ide.dialogs
org.eclipse.ui.model (split)
org.eclipse.ui.part (split)
org.eclipse.ui.views.bookmarkexplorer
org.eclipse.ui.views.framelist
org.eclipse.ui.views.markers
org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator
org.eclipse.ui.views.properties
org.eclipse.ui.views.tasklist
org.eclipse.ui.wizards.datatransfer
org.eclipse.ui.wizards.newresource
org.eclipse.ui.ide [8]
org.eclipse.ui.intro.config org.eclipse.ui.intro  
org.eclipse.ui.views.contentoutline
org.eclipse.ui.views.properties
org.eclipse.ui.views  
org.eclipse.ui.contentassist
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor (split)
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.link
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.quickdiff
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.spelling
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.templates
org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor [6]
org.eclipse.update.configurator org.eclipse.update.configurator  
org.eclipse.update.configuration
org.eclipse.update.core
org.eclipse.update.core.model
org.eclipse.update.operations
org.eclipse.update.search
org.eclipse.update.standalone
org.eclipse.update.core  
org.eclipse.update.ui org.eclipse.update.ui  

Note 1: Plug-ins needing access to the Eclipse runtime API must list org.eclipse.core.runtime (or org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility) as a prerequisite plug-in. org.eclipse.core.runtime re-exports API from the OSGi-specific plug-ins (e.g., org.eclipse.osgi). The OSGi plug-ins should never be explicitly listed as prerequisites.

Note 2: These pre-3.0 API packages are obsolete and have been moved to the org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility plug-in.

Note 3: Plug-ins needing access to the JFace API must list org.eclipse.ui as a prerequisite plug-in. org.eclipse.ui re-exports API from the JFace plug-in. The org.eclipse.jface plug-in should never be explicitly listed as a prerequisite.

Note 4: Some of the JFace text packages are split between the org.eclipse.jface.text and the org.eclipse.text plug-ins.

Note 5: Plug-ins needing access to the SWT API must list org.eclipse.ui as a prerequisite plug-in. org.eclipse.ui re-exports API from the SWT plug-in. The org.eclipse.swt plug-in should never be explicitly listed as a prerequisite.

Note 6: The org.eclipse.ui.texteditor package is split between the org.eclipse.ui.editors and the org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor plug-ins.

Note 7: Plug-ins needing access to the Workbench UI API must list org.eclipse.ui as a prerequisite plug-in. org.eclipse.ui re-exports API from the org.eclipse.ui.workbench plug-in. The org.eclipse.ui.workbench plug-in should never be explicitly listed as a prerequisite.

Note 8: Some of the UI packages are split between the org.eclipse.ui and the org.eclipse.ui.ide plug-ins.

Note 9: The plug-in org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86 is available on Win32/x86 platforms only.