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Bug 35620

Summary: Java structure-based navigation
Product: java Reporter: mvinar <mvinar>
Component: NavigationAssignee: David Simonek <dsimonek>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P2    
Version: 4.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on: 17825, 27235, 35563    
Bug Blocks: 14495, 35583    

Description mvinar 2003-08-21 11:02:20 UTC 
User problem:
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User need:
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The user often needs to traverse code via class
hierarchy, interface implementation, usages, etc.
He would benefit from a tool that allows him to do
this fast, and also from a tool that visualizes
the object relationships.

Product requirement:
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Java structure-based navigation
(subclasses/superclasses, usages, ...). The UI of
this tool has crucial impact on usefulness of this
feature, plain visualization of a class tree
hierarchy in a Jtree, where the user needs to
click many times to get to the point where he
wants to be is probably not going to be too helpful.
Comment 1 _ tboudreau 2003-08-24 01:00:31 UTC 
Structure part is implemented.  Superclasses is implemented.
Subclasses part really requires MDR.

This issue should be broken out into subtasks based on the
different types of view required.  Some we already have;
MDR based storage is a requirement for a reasonable impl
of, e.g., a subclass view. (BTW is there an umbrella issue
for MDR/Java integration?)

Not evaluating difficulty/hack factor - should be done on
a per subtask basis.
Comment 2 Jan Chalupa 2004-11-01 16:50:56 UTC 
Re-assigning Tim's issues to Dafe.
Comment 3 David Simonek 2005-05-05 17:12:23 UTC 
We already have Navigator, which adresses structure and superclasses as Tim
said. Subclasses are planned and mentioned is specific enh requests under
objectbrowser/navigator. Closing as fixed.