Date: 2004-12-28T05:55:29
Editor: TorstenSchlabach
Wiki: Cocoon Wiki
Page: LoadInEclipse
URL: http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/LoadInEclipse
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
Eclipse keeps a .metadata directory in each workspace. In there it records the
projects it knows about in the workspace. Therefore just extracting the Cocoon
tarball into the Eclipse workspace will not make the project show up at all.
-The next logical step then would be to use the File -> Import option and
select "Existing Project into Workspace". This might work somehow, but it
leaves the project where it is. In other words, this is '''not''' a means to
copy the extracted Cocoon source tree from a temporary location where you
unpacked it into your workspace. It rather is a means of '''referencing''' a
project outside the workspace. If you rely on keeping things together in your
workspace(s) this is not what you want, either.
+The next logical thought then would be to use the ''File'' -> ''Import''
option and select ''Existing Project into Workspace''. This might work somehow,
but it leaves the project where it is on the file system. In other words, this
is '''not''' a means to copy the extracted Cocoon source tree from a temporary
location where you unpacked it into your workspace. It rather is a means of
'''referencing''' a project outside the workspace. If you rely on keeping
things together in your workspace(s) this is not what you want, either.
The Cocoon build.xml file provides a target to create an Eclipse project
(which means it will create the .project and .classpath files that Eclipse
expects) but Eclipse does not know how about this target and will not call it
no matter what import mechanism you use.
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
* Extract the Cocoon tarball into the Eclipse workspace directory. This
should create a folder $ECLIPSE_WORKSPACE/cocoon-x.y.z with the familliar
Cocoon source tree structure in it.
* From the command line of your os change the directory to
$ECLIPSE_WORKSPACE/cocoon-x.y.z, set the JAVA_HOME environment variable if
needed and run the command {{{build eclipse-project}}} (Windows) or
{{{./build.sh eclipse-project}}} (*ix). Now you have two new files: .project
and .classpath. Nothing else so far.
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+[attachment:eclipse-cocoon-import-01.jpg]
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* In Eclipse, choose File -> New -> Project and select "Java Project". (This
is not very logical as we already have an Eclipse Java project, don't we?)
* On the dialogue that comes up, make sure the option "Create Project in
Workspace" is selected and enter the project name '''exactly''' as the name of
the directory, for example {{{cocoon-2.1.6}}}.
