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• WST Server - we will use the Eclipse web tools platform to provide UI elements ( server definition, start/stop actions, module deployments )
• Content module - we will define a content module which uses the transport API to sync content from the workspace into the repository. The mechanism is controlled by the WST server definitions
• Transport API bridge - links between the core transport APIs and the Eclipse build/resource APIs
• Manual Import/Export process, integrated with the IDE process. This would allow, for example export of sample or other project code or importing of non-synced content/code

We will inherit some code from the current implementation, and need to work out a way to export content from the repository into the workspace with the proposed UI flow.

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• Application server - uses the IntelliJ application server framework
• Transport API bridge - links between the core transport APIs and the IntelliJ build/resource APIs
• Manual Import/Export process

Sling IDE tooling 1.x

Eclipse implementation

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