JDT Core packages

These are the JDT Core packages which give you access to the Java model objects. 

The following roadmap outlines the major functions of the JDT Core packages:

• org.eclipse.jdt.launching provides classes for launching Java runtimes from the platform.  JavaRuntime implements static methods to access registered VMs and compute runtime classpaths and source lookup paths.  A family of VM's (such as the JDK) is represented by the IVMInstallType class. IVMInstall represents particular installations within a family.  The IVMRunner is used to start a particular Java VM and register its processes with the debug plug-in.
  
  
• org.eclipse.jdt.debug supports a Java debug model based on JDI/JDWP that can be used for controlling a Java program under debug.
  
  
• org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom supports Abstract Syntax Trees (AST) that can be used for examining the structure of a compilation unit down to the statement level.
  
  
• org.eclipse.jdt.core.search supports searching the workspace's Java elements that match a particular description.  SearchEngine allows you to set up searches in the workspace. You can search for particular patterns inside a Java element. You can also scope the search according to several predefined search types: searching for declarations of the pattern, implementors of the pattern, references to the pattern, or all occurrences of the pattern.
  
  
• org.eclipse.jdt.core.jdom supports a Java Document Object Model (DOM) that can be used for walking the structure of a Java compilation unit.
  
  
• org.eclipse.jdt.core.eval supports the evaluation of code snippets in a scrapbook or inside the debugger.