Libra/Getting Started

Getting Started

Installation

Currently Libra supports only Eclipse Indigo. As a prerequisite you need to install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers. After that install Libra from the update site

The site contains:

• OSGi Facet Feature
• WAR Products Core Feature

Usage

• WAR Products Core Feature provides WAR deployment for Equinox based applications
  
• OSGi Facet Feature introduces:
  1. A new facet "OSGi Bundle" for Dynamic Web, JPA and Utility projects.
  2. Wizard for converting WTP standard projects to OSGi Enterprise bundle projects:
     • Dynamic Web projects to Web Application Bundle projects
     • JPA projects to Persistent Bundle projects
     • Utility projects and simple Java projects to OSGi Bundle projects

Both options modify project's MANIFEST.MF in order to become a valid OSGi bundle.

The facet may be enabled during project creation or after that from Properties page of the project. The wizard is available from project's context menu Configure > Convert to OSGi Bundle Projects...

Note that you may need to adjust your target platform accordingly.

Obtaining Sources

Sources are available in Git repository http://git.eclipse.org/c/libra/org.eclipse.libra.git/
In order to sync them locally, you may use EGit

Builds

Libra build run on build.eclipse.org via Hudson using:

• at least Maven 3.0.0
• Tycho

Hudson: Libra@hudson.eclipse.org

Maven Build Sequence

Complete build sequence for a clean build (assuming $M2_HOME/bin is on the path and local Maven repository at ~/.m2/repository):

[~/org.eclipse.libra/development/org.eclipse.libra.releng] $ mvn clean install

How to reproduce a build to a certain change list

Fetch to the specific change and build with Maven as specified above.

Get in touch

Mailing list

https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/libra-dev

Bugzilla

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Libra

Forum

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.libra