ECLIPSE THEIA - EXAMPLE HEADLESS PLUGIN USING THE API PROVIDER SAMPLE
## Description
An example demonstrating three Theia concepts:
- "headless plugins", being plugins loaded in a single plugin host Node process outside of the context of any frontend connection
- client of a custom "Greeting of the Day" API provided by the `@theia/api-provider-sample` extension
- "backend plugins", being plugins loaded in the backend plugin host process for a frontend connection
Thus this plug-in demonstrates the capability of a VS Code-compatible plugin to provide two distinct backend entry-points for the two different backend contexts.
As declared in the `package.json` manifest:
- in the headless plugin host, the entry-point script is `headless.js` via the Theia-specific the `"theiaPlugin"` object
- in the backend plugin host for a frontend connection, the entry-point script is `backend.js` via the VS Code standard `"main"` property
The plugin is for reference and test purposes only and is not published on `npm` (`private: true`).
### Greeting of the Day
The sample uses the custom `gotd` API to log a greeting upon activation.
## Additional Information
- [Theia - GitHub](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia)
- [Theia - Website](https://theia-ide.org/)
## License
- [Eclipse Public License 2.0](http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/)
- [δΈ€ (Secondary) GNU General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception](https://projects.eclipse.org/license/secondary-gpl-2.0-cp)
## Trademark
"Theia" is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation