Parse and extract further information

[qqilihq]

Node

• interactive view
• node icon (store in JSON as Base64)
• node type
• deprecated?
• streamable?
• feature/plugin information (do this through separate tool 'p2docgen')
• in/out port types (use e.g. org.knime.core.node.NodeModel.getInPortType(int) -- method is protected though)

Later

• org.knime.workbench.repository.model.Category including all properties
• get also deprecated nodes (org.knime.workbench.repository.RepositoryManager.getRoot() only returns non-deprecated)
• splash icons (extension point org.knime.product.splashExtension)
• port types (extension point org.knime.core.PortType)
• data types (extension point org.knime.core.DataType)
• preference pages

What else? @danielesser

[qqilihq]

Pro tip: Use xsdvi to visualize the node XSD as SVG file:

$ curl https://www.knime.com/node/v3.1.xsd
$ java -jar xsdvi.jar v3.1.xsd.xml

[danielesser]

• copyright/license (as part of feature information)
• preference page?
• node author

[qqilihq]

Update: Getting complete feature information (e.g. license text, copyright notice, …) doesn't seem that trivial. I've spent some unsuccessful attempts. Here's some pointers:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25067658/programmatically-getting-installed-features (code does not work, I was not able to get the ServiceReference)
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9927400/how-do-i-easily-query-a-running-eclipse-for-its-installed-features (seems to be the same as previous)
• https://eclipsesource.com/de/blogs/tutorials/eclipse-p2-tutorial-managing-metadata/ (not yet tried)
• https://help.eclipse.org/mars/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fp2_api_overview.htm