DTP 1 0 API USE CASES

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Purpose

Ultimately, extension points and Java API in Eclipse exist for the purpose of enabling extenders to use the underlying components in their own applications. To the end, Eclipse projects concentrate on delivering extensible frameworks and exemplary tools. The purpose of this page is to document the use cases covered by these extensions. In other words, we are anwsering the question "What can I build on DTP?"

Use Cases

In each section below, use cases are provided for each DTP project, to demonstrate extensibility dimensions.

Model Base

• Capturing Database Specific Details with the Database Definition Model
• Specializing the SQL Model for Specific Databases

Connectivity

• Managing Data Source Drivers with DTP
• Connecting to a Data Source with DTP

Open Data Access (ODA)

• Creating a Custom ODA Data Source
• Extending an ODA Runtime Driver
• Consuming ODA Data Sources

SQL Dev Tools

• Extending SQL Editor Framework