Plugin for Eclipse with Copilot support

[emarc]

Description

Eclipse plugin, matching current IntelliJ and VS Code plugins

Tier

Free

License

Apache 2.0

Motivation

Background

We’ve recently made plugins for IntelliJ and VS Code that help with Hotswap and support Copilot.
We could do the same for Eclipse, which continues to be popular in the java community.

Problem

Copilot cannot easily be used with Eclipse, as none of the integrations are present. Even though Copilot in principle can be used without a plugin, the experience will not be very good.
When using Flow, Hotswap should be in use, or Copilot will be very clunky – and we can expect pretty much all Eclipse users to favor Flow over Hilla (due to TypeScript / React support).

Solution

Create (or update existing) Eclipse plugin to match functionality in IntelliJ / VS Code.

Notes

TODO this needs a list of features specified.

Requirements

• Plug-in for Eclipse with Hotswap and Copilot features

• Documentation

• Publish to Marketplace

Nice-to-haves

Risks, limitations and breaking changes

Risks

Limitations

Does not necessarily have to have absolute parity with IntelliJ, especially regarding project creation (which differs in each IDE).

Breaking changes

Potential deprecation / replacement of existing Eclipse plugin or functionality in that plugin.

Out of scope

No response

Materials

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Metrics

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Pre-implementation checklist

• Estimated (estimate entered into Estimate custom field)
• Product Manager sign-off
• Engineering Manager sign-off

Pre-release checklist

• Documented (link to documentation provided in sub-issue or comment)
• UX/DX tests conducted and blockers addressed
• Approved for release by Product Manager

Security review

None