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The following page has been changed by VincenzoGianferrari: http://wiki.apache.org/james/NetBeansNotes The comment on the change is: Minor enhancements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following notes apply to both https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/branches/v2.3 and https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/trunk as of November 2006. - The goal is to fully use NetBeans for developing, running, debugging and even profiling James, in "direct" mode (not "attached"). + The goal is to fully use NetBeans for editing, compiling, running, debugging and even profiling James, in "direct" mode (not "attached"). The James project will behave as any other NetBeans IDE Java project, and all the IDE tools and functionalities will be available. == Steps to follow == @@ -32, +32 @@ i. In the "VM Options" field enter (in a single line - no CR): {{{-Djava.ext.dirs=[james-rt]/lib;[james-rt]/tools/lib -Dphoenix.home=[james-rt]}}} {{{-Djava.security.policy=jar:file:///[james-rt]/bin/phoenix-loader.jar!/META-INF/java.policy}}} - - Warning: under Windows the {{{[james-rt]}}} entry in the {{{jar:file:///[james-rt]}}} url has a special convention to represent a disk drive: for example ''C:\james'' must be entered as {{{jar:file:///C|james}}}. 1. Choose "Build>Build Main Project" from the main menu and a new runnable and debuggable project will be built in the {{{[james-nb]/build}}} and {{{[james-nb]/dist}}} directories. 1. Now you can either run James choosing "Run>Run Main Project" or debug it choosing "Run>Debug Main Project" from the main menu. It is even possible to profile James if the "NetBeans Profiler" module has been installed. + == A few notes == + + 1. Using the NetBeans IDE as described above is not a substitution for the "standard" James ant scripts when building a working runtime distribution. It is useful for a faster code editing and for debugging etc. + + 1. If redoing step 2.b.i above, make sure to fully rebuild the project at the end if changing the "Java Platform" ("Build>Clean and Build Main Project"). + + 1. In step 2.c.iii, keep in mind that under Windows the {{{[james-rt]}}} entry in the {{{jar:file:///[james-rt]}}} url must use a special convention (see http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/fileurl.html) to represent a disk drive: for example ''C:\james'' must be entered as {{{jar:file:///C|james}}}. +
