Eclipse Setup

Overview

This document explains how to set up your development environment to develop the maven-sar-plugin itself. While these instructions may be useful for developing other software, none of the things mentioned on this page are required to develop software which uses the maven-sar-plugin.

Install the Subclipse Plugin

  • Go to Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install...
  • Choose Search for new features to install and click Next
  • Click on the New Remote Site... button.
    Name: Subclipse 1.2.x (Eclipse 3.2+)
URL:  http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
  • Click Finish
  • Check Subclipse and click next
  • Accept the license agreement
  • Click Finish
  • Click Install All
  • Restart Eclipse

Install the Maven Plugin

  • Go to Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install...
  • Choose Search for new features to install and click Next
  • Click on the New Remote Site... button.
    Name: m2eclipse-dev
URL:  http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/update-dev/
  • Click Finish
  • Expand the m2eclipse-dev list
  • Check Maven 2.0 Integration and click next
  • Accept the license agreement
  • Click Finish
  • Click Install All
  • Restart Eclipse

Import the Project

  • Right click anywhere inside the Package Explorer panel.
  • Select Import...
  • Choose Other -> Checkout Projects from SVN
  • Click Next >
  • Select Create a new repository location
  • Click Next >
  • Enter https://maven-sar.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/maven-sar
  • Click Next >
  • Select trunk
  • Click Next >
  • Click Finish

Enable Maven Dependency Management

  • Right click on the project (the maven-sar-plugin [trunk] title)
  • Choose Maven -> Enable Dependency Management

Import Code Formatter Profile

  • Download eclipse-code-formatter.xml
  • Go to Window -> Preferences
  • Drill down to Java -> Code Style -> Formatter
  • Click Import...
  • Browse to the location where you downloaded eclipse-code-formatter.xml
  • Click Apply
  • Click OK