[Deprecated] Provides a utility component for accessing the content of an ODA data source extension's configuration.

As of BIRT 2.0, the BIRT ODA run-time framework has been migrated to the Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) project. It is replaced by the org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda packages.


It can be used by an ODA consumer and/or a data provider to discover the plug-in extension configuration.

The utility's initial entry point is the singleton ManifestExplorer. It provides the service to explore all the static ODA data source extensions, and access to each extension's configuration information specified in its plug-in manifest file.
The content of such ODA data source extension configuration is encapsulated in an ExtensionManifest and its associated objects. @since 2.0.0 @see org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.util.manifest