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Development Resources/How to Use Eclipse Copyright Tool
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Revision as of 10:03, 30 September 2008 by Akaufmann.brox.de (Talk | contribs) (→Configuration of Eclipse copyright tool)
Install the org.eclipse.releng.tools plugin to eClipse
Take the plugin from eClipse repository like the documentation Eclipse_copyright_tool described:
- use the CVS plugin of eClipse to checkout the org.eclipse.releng.tools into your workspace
- you can use Windows - preference - CVS - CVS Repositories
- Host: dev.eclipse.org
- Repository: /cvsroot/eclipse
- click on versions and look for org.eclipse.releng.tools-bundle
- pick out the bundle version of your eClipse version e. g. org.eclipse.releng.tools R3_3_1_1
- choose check out to import the bundle into your workspace
To install this plugin to eClipse you have to export this bundle into the plugins-folder of eClipse:
- right click on bundle and export
- choose plugin-development and then Deployable plug-ins and fragments
- choose the plugins subfolder of your eClipse folder
- this exports a file like 'org.eclipse.releng.tools_3.3.0.200809301227.jar' into this plugin folder
- restart your eClipse workspace
Configuration of Eclipse copyright tool
- the listbox 'copyright template' takes a fix header for your java files
- you can declare a creation and revision year
- you can declare that existing header will be replaced
- you can declare that properties files like build.properties will be skiped