Gyrex/Preparing Your Workspace For Developing Gyrex

Here's how to set up your workspace for developing Gyrex.

Setup Eclipse

Download and install any Eclipse distribution suitable for developing Eclipse plug-ins. We recommend trying the latest Eclipse milestone for access to the latest features in JDT and PDE.

Required Plug-ins

• Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment
• Eclipse CVS Client
• Eclipse Git Client

Required JDK

• Download and install your preferred Java 6 JDK
• Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs -> Add... -> Standard VM -> Next
• Set JRE home to the Java 6 JDK folder -> Finish
• Activate check-box to set Java 6 JDK as the default JDK in Eclipse

Import Projects

Please use the "Import Existing Projects" wizard to import all Gyrex projects from any cloned Git repository. We also provide a collection of Working Sets for your convenience. Working Sets can be imported using the AnyEdit Tools plug-in available via Eclipse Marketplace. You can find the Working Sets file in the RelEng project (org.eclipse.gyrex.releng/devsupport/eclipse).

Setup Target Platform

We maintain a shared target platform. It's located in the "org.eclipse.gyrex.releng" project in the target folder.

• Locate org.eclipse.gyrex.releng/target
• Open file gyrex-dev.target in Target Definition editor
• Wait till the target platform is resolved
• Click on link "Set as Target Platform" (located in the upper right corner of the Target Definition editor)

Optimize Project Browsing

• Switch to the Java perspective
• Open the Package Explorer view menu (little triangle icon in the upper right corner) and select "Top Level Elements -> Working Sets"
• Select all working sets ("Select All")
• We recommend sorting the working sets (check "Sort working sets")
• We also recommend hierarchical package browsing (open the Package Explorer view menu and this time select "Package Presentation -> Hierarchical")