A Feature is used to package a group of plug-ins together into a
single installable and updatable unit. Features have a manifest
that provides basic information about the feature and its
content. Content may include plug-ins, fragments and any other
files that are important for the feature. A feature can also
include other features. The delivery format for a feature is a
JAR, but each included plug-in will be provided as a separate
JAR. Once you have created your plug-ins and fragments you can
create a new feature by creating a New Feature Project. You can
also create Feature Patches in PDE. A feature patch is developed
in the same fashion as a normal feature, but is used to edit an
existing feature rather than create a new one. New Feature
Project New Feature Patch Project