IdAS CVS

General CVS Information

Connection Type	Committers	:ext:
	Anon access	:pserver:
Host		dev.eclipse.org
Repository Path		/cvsroot/technology

IdAS Projects

The IdAS consists of multiple projects, each is held in a different CVS module

Project	Module Location	Eclipse PSF	ViewCVS
IdAS	org.eclipse.higgins/plugins/org.eclipse.higgins.idas	anonymous	viewcvs
		committer
IdAS Test	org.eclipse.higgins/plugins/org.eclipse.higgins.idas.test	anonymous	viewcvs
		committer

Build Instructions

• Building within Eclipse:
  • The normal project build method will compile the source
  • How to produce a standalone jar:
    • In Eclipse, do this:
      • Window, Show View, Ant. An ant browser appears.
      • Right-Click, Add Buildfiles..., browse to the buildfile (build.xml) you want to add and select it.
      • Expand the build file to expose the jar target.
      • Double-click the jar target to build the jar.
  • How to produce javadoc:
    • Follow the instructions above to add the ant buildfile to the ant browser
    • Double-click the javadoc target.
  • How to produce an Eclipse plugin:
    • Follow the instructions above to add the ant buildfile to the ant browser
    • Right-Click the plugin target, Run As, 2 Ant Build..., go to JRE tab.
    • Make sure that you either choose "Run in the same JRE as the workspace" option or provide "-DECLIPSE_HOME=<path to eclipse installation>" VM argument.
    • Click Run.
• Command-line build
  • How to produce an Eclipse plugin:
    • From the project directory, run "ant plugin -DECLIPSE_HOME=<path to eclipse installation>"
    • Note that this requires an Eclipse installation
  • How to produce a standalone jar file:
    • From the project directory, run "ant jar"¹.
  • How to produce javadoc:
    • From the project directory, run "ant javadoc"¹.

• Builds notes:
  • ¹ In order to process plugin specific files you will need to add "-DECLIPSE_HOME=<path to eclipse installation>" option to the command line.

See Also

• Higgins Home
• Components