Numerous enhancements have been made to the VA Java bookmark mechanism.
In the standard version of VA Java, bookmarks are limited to the projects
page of a specific workbench. Closing and re-opening the workbench causes
all of the bookmarks to be lost. The number of bookmarks is also limited
to a maximum of nine.
VA Assist addresses all of these issues. Up to 99 general bookmarks
(and 999 method bookmarks) may be created. The most recently defined (up
to nine) bookmarks in any specific scope will appear in the toolbar. All
of the bookmarks will appear in the popup bookmarks list and may be
removed individually or all at once.
Bookmarks now show up as appropriate in all browsers. Only the
bookmarks that are appropriate to a specific scope (e.g., just packages,
just classes in a specific package, just methods in a specific class,
etc.) show up.
Bookmarks can also be added via the debugger (either via the "Add
Bookmark" menu or toolbar button).
Bookmarks are also persistent across workbench windows (the bookmarks
are not lost when the workbench window is closed) and can be imported or
merged from
files or exported to files.
The maximum number of general bookmarks may be set by the "Bookmarks
max count" field on the "VA Assist | Browser" options
page. The value can be set from nine to 99. The maximum number of
bookmarked methods may be set by the "Bookmarked
methods count" field. Note that bookmarked methods (up to 999 of
them) are also tracked via the Bookmarked
Methods Browser.
