Scripting Eclipse

Question

I'm wondering if it's possible to script certain actions of Eclipse itself. I'd like to be able to start a server, stop it, etc. Is this possible and if so, how?

Edit: I'd like to be able to do this so I can run certain server commands just through an SSH connection, no physical interaction required. Thanks.

Answer 1

Note that Martin OBERHUBER announced in his blog (April 2012):

I've started a new initiative to get scripting support back home to Eclipse.org and unify the fragmented landscape a bit.

• a mailing list dedicated to scripting in Eclipse: eclipse-scripting-dev
• an "Eclipse Scripting BoF session at EclipseCon 2012" page lists the first initiatives.

So:

• 10 years after bug 8519 (keystroke macros recording and playing capability),
• 9 years after bug 37680 (Add Eclipse automation),
• 6 years after bug 158716 ([Workbench] Pull Scripting support into platform),

..., that topic might finally evolve.