I'm working on an android game that requires a server. We've set up a git in which there are three folders: Client, Server and Shared:
Client contains the Android-Studio project.
Server contains an Eclipse project which is our server and database.
Shared contains java classes that I would like to use in both the Eclipse and Android-Studio project.
In Eclipse I successfully loaded the files from Shared by importing them as "file system". (It created a package and everything works great)
In Android-Studio, I can't find a solution that doesn't require me to copy-paste the classes in the project. The aim here is to have those file at only one location as they're susceptible to change but must me identical in both the projects... So those solutions don't fit my needs.
I'm looking for something like a way to link files from outside the project. (I managed to link libraries from inside the project already but not from outside)
The simple solution is to copy the desired java files into your project structure. Of course, you may have to change package names manually.
Found a solution that might not be optimal but at least in my case it solved the problem.
In Android-Studio:
Create a folder called something like "CommonEclipseAndroid" following a path similar to this one: project/Android/app/src/main/java/com/example/myapplication/CommonEclipseAndroid
Paste the code you need to use in both project inside this folder.
In Eclipse:
Right click on your project: Properties > Java Build Path > Source > Link Source and choose the folder we've just created.
Now your projects use the same code. You only need to modify it once for both projects and there's no risk of error.
Hope I helped :).
You can import the shared folder as a module .
go to file> new> import module
Now use the same imported folder in eclipse as well.
I'm fresh to Java and cannot get this right.
I've got only a .java file from a Java study book, that represents a Java project. There seems to be no option to input such file from Netbeans interface, that would automatically compile corresponding class and enable project to run.
I've spend a long time to figure this out, copying files manually, changing the automatically created class names and packages, moving this around - but I don't find a solution.
If someone can help - this will be great.
Pawel
It seems the issue was following. .java file should be placed in "src" directory within the Project folder, rather than straight in the Project folder.
So if say "Project" is one's destination folder, then one can:
choose from menu: New Project-Java-Java project from existing resources - indicate path to the ...\Project folder
the next step is to choose "Source Packages Folders" and here the path should lead to ...\Project\src .If the file .java is correctly placed there, the creator will indicate below that .java file is included to the project
If the code is right after finishing the creator and compiling it we get a compiled class Project.class and we can run it :)
Not sure if there is some work around to this in NetBeans, as it's not super intuitive, but I might not have found a better option.
I too was looking for File > "Import File", because there is an "Import Project" option. It appears dragging and dropping the java file into Source Package is just as easy. :)
I'm learning Java from Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java. After reading about packages early through the book, I thought I had got it, but when I decided to use the supplementary code(in the form of a single ZIP), I'm not so sure anymore.
The ZIP file contains packages in the correct hierarchy. I've an extracted copy of the ZIP too. Let's call this folder TIJ4. Both the ZIP and the folder are located on my Desktop. I'm working with an example Shapes.java which has an import statement like this:
import polymorphism.shape.*;. I imported this folder in the Project Properties>Libraries>Add external class folder. The strange thing is that Eclipse does not show an error on the import line, yet it cannot resolve names to types. I could manually create a package, then a class from within Eclipse, but isn't there an easier way to do this?
I've gooogled about this but nobody seems to have the exact problem as me. Here's what I've got so far:
1)New Java Project created. Created a class file Shapes.java in the project:
2) Project Properties>Libraries>Add External Class Folder. Selected my folder TIJ4. Notice that the error on the import is now gone. Apparently Eclipse has found the polymorphism package.
3)But I still get XXX cannot be resolved to a type errors all over the place!
what do I do? I also tried Project>Build Path>Add external archives and selected the ZIP, however, ended up in the same place.
As the Zip file contains only Java sources, you will have to compile them. Simple way, right now, is extract them into the src directory in your eclipse project. That way they will be compiled and automatically included in the classpath.
The reason for not able to resolve the classes even the import error goes away, is the zip file contains the directories that satisfy the package structure but there are no compiled classes (the .class files) are found in them.
another problem. I have already placed my Jython.jar into what my computer recognizes as the Java CLASSPATH. This done, importing anything from Org.Python is not found by the compiler! Do I need to have the Jar in the same folder as the java code as well?
Thanks to anyone who replies :D
---------------------------------------------UPDATE-------------------------------------------
Still not working
within CLASSPATH I have Jython.jar.
within the location of my code and batch-compiler, I have the jar.
and I have typed "import org.python.util.*;" and nothing else are the beginning of my code
and it is still giving me errors :C
Make sure that you spelled the package correctly! In java the convention is to have packages with small letters: org.python
If you are using command line to compile and run your code then you will need to add the folder containing the given Jyhton.jar file.
For more help take a look at: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.3/docs/tooldocs/win32/classpath.html
If you are using an IDE:
Eclipse:
Got the Properties/Java Build Path/Libraries. From there you can add external Jars.
Netbeans:
Go to the projects Properties/Libraries/Compile tab and add all the JARs that you want to be included.
I wanted to learn Java, as recommended by most of the people I downloaded "Thinking in Java" eBook and Source Code Example Lesson files from mindviewinc.com it's download location is this http://www.mindviewinc.com/TIJ4/CodeInstructions.html
These files don't work with Eclipse IDE for some reasons. So we have to build the files using the Build.xml file included in it's source code (Honestly, I do not have any idea what does "build" means here)
I tried building myself but of no use.. It did started building but after reaching some folder it stopped and gave error to install jboss-osgi-installer-1.0.0.jar .. After downloading it, I had no idea what to do with it, so I double clicked it and it asked me the location to install and I installed it in the default location, which was C:\Users\Username/jboss-osgi-1.0.0 and when I tried C:\Program Files\Java** the installation gave error that "this directory cannot be written, please choose another directory!" but anyway I installed it in the default location and it installed..
and again when I tried to build it, it gave me the same error and asked to Install Jboss....... I'm stuck.. This is happening again and again, wasted many days and didn't even crossed 100 pages of it's pdf because of this reason. It's a good eBook though.
I'm stuck in this from months... Please some one build it and make it like a project which could be easily and send me the project file, it would be really appreciated as I can not the solution to this anywhere on search engines..
Ok here's what I did to succesfully import the sources found in the "accesss" folder of you code samples:
Download the javassist jar as per Bruce's instructions, from here:
http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/javassist/javassist/3.9.0.GA/javassist-3.9.0.GA.jar
You must create an Eclipse project for the sources that are used as dependencies for most of the examples, that's the sources in the "net" folder:
in eclipse make new java project.
select the "net" directory, copy it, then in eclipse select the "src" entry in the project you just made, right click on it and select paste.
after eclipse finishes and auto-builds, it will complain about the missing javaassist jar. Right click on the project ->properties->java build path (on the left)->libraries (on the top)-> add external jars... (on the right), browse and select the javassist jar from where you down load it.
now the "net" project should be ok in eclipse
Now let's create the project for the sources in the "access" folder:
create a new java project in eclipse
Now, because Bruce structured his classes like crap, we'll have to make the proper structure in eclipse for them. This means:
a.create a new package called "access"
go to where your the access folder is on your drive, open it, select ONLY the folders (cookie2, desser, mypackage), copy them, then return to eclipse, right click on the "access" package u just made and click paste
now go back to the access dir on your drive, select ONLY the .java files (all of them, not the dirs), copy them, the back to eclipse, click on the src entry in the access project and click paste.
The access project in elcipse will still complain about missing classes form the "net" resouce. Right click on the project in eclipse->properties->java build path->projects (on the top)-> add(on the right)-> check the net project you created earlier-> click ok twice.
Now it should be ok
I hope you got the idea on how dependencies work in eclipse with this example.
For the other parts of you code samples, create separate java projects, add the classes to the proper package (create the packages if Bruce forgot to), and if you are missing external jars, go to http://search.maven.org search and download the jars. Good luck
"This code is designed to work outside of IDEs. Because packages are not introduced until later chapters, and some of the fancier IDEs like Eclipse require all code to be in packages, if you want to use the code inside those IDEs you will have to make some adjustments" - yep, bruce eckel would say that, cause that's the kind of guy he is. He also said there's ONLY checked exceptions in java, and asked for unchecked exeptions to be added as a bonus.
Now, if your sample code has no package, aka it's in the default package, aka when you look in the .java file, right at the top there's no line saying "package what.ever.bla" then all you have to do is:
-in Eclipse create a new Java se project
- open a windows explorer, go to your .java files, select them and copy them
- then in eclipse, right click the src folder in your project and chose "paste"
The files should be added to a "default" package in your eclipse project, without any error
Here is the simplest steps that I find to create a clean Eclipse project for the TIJ4 source code:
Download the source code zip from: http://www.mindviewinc.com/TIJ4/CodeInstructions.html, and unzip it to a folder, say 'TIJ4-code';
Download the additional libraries as in the previous URL, copy tools.jar from your current JDK's lib directory, and put them into TIJ4-code/lib;
Go into the 'TIJ4-code' folder, and run 'python Eclipse.py' (you need python installed on your system). This script adds the missing "package xxx" line to those source java files which don't yet have them, so as to make Eclipse happy. It also generates the Eclipse project files, which doesn't work well for some reason (beyond my limited knowledge on Eclipse), but they aren't needed here;
Open Eclipse and create a new empty java project, say with name 'TIJ4', choose JRE version 1.5, and "create separate folders for sources and class files";
Copy TIJ4-code/lib directory to your new Eclipse project folder;
Right click on the new project and select "Build Path" >> "Configure Build Path", then go to tab "Libraries", "add jars", then select all the jars under your project's lib folder;
Go to "File >> import", choose "General >> File System", select the unzipped folder 'TIJ4-code' as your "From directory". Check the root 'TIJ4-code' in the left panel of the import window, Click on "filter types" and select the .java, so that unnecessary files of other extensions, like *.class, *.py, *.xml, etc can be ignored during the import;
The zipped folder is no longer needed after the new Eclipse project is built. I hope you find this instruction helpful, and have fun learning TIJ4.
If you want to use this code in IDE rather than Eclipse and so on, for example in Intelij Idea or any other, the best way is to compile necessary classes from the TIJ4 with Ant, but it is not easy for the beginners, although it will be a good practice for you. You should make some changes in build.xml files which exists in every directory of TIJ4. Why?
to change version of Java(now we all use Java version higher than 1.5)
to include javaassist.jar library in the "classpath"
to put all compiled files in 'bin' directory(by default without adjustments TIJ4 build.xml puts .class files in the same directory with .java files. That is not a good deal.
For example you need to import and use within IDE(I use Intelij Idea) the class named net.mindview.util.Print ( see Chapter 3):
download TIJ4 and unzip in any directory you want(for example it would be c:\eckel)
download and install AntApache (you can find detailed instructions how to do it in Google) The result is - type in your console ant -version and you should see the answer. So Ant is working.
download javaassist.jar from http://jboss-javassist.github.io/javassist/ . Unzip to any directory, take out javassist.jar and past it to c:\eckel\net
4.There is build.xml file in c:\eckel\net. Now you should make adjustments. Open it with NotePad++ or other editor.
If you don't have Java 1.5 installed on your PC, so change all 'vesion1.5' to 'vesrion1.8' or other version that you have installed.
after tag description put property name = "classpath" value="./;./javassist.jar"/>
<property name = "src_util" value="./mindview/util"/>
<property name = "src_simple" value="./mindview/simple"/>
<property name = "src_atunit" value="./mindview/atunit"/>
<property name = "destdir" value="bin"/>
Then we make targets that will complile util simple or atunit automatically
Change tag available <available
classname="javassist.bytecode.ClassFile"
classpath="${classpath}"
property="javassist"
/>
Now classpath of available = property named 'classpath'. Classpath is the path where java compiler looks for .class files because some of your .java files want them by having import statement. There won't be error message "You must install the Javassist library " any more
Create targets for compiling util simple and so on See the following link with code
Code with targets
You can modify exists targets not to write all the code.
at the top of build.xml file change default="simple"
open cmd, then cd c:\eckel\net , then ant -simple or just ant (simple will run as default)
Please write if you will have some problems. Possibly i forgot mention about something.
Go to Intellij Idea, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S
Press +,
Library or directories
choose your c:\eckel\net\bin
5.now you can use import statement for all classes that exist in net.mindview
6.you can make the same with other dirs.
If you wish to you skip the entire Ant build process, I have converted the project to a Maven project (over JDK8), which you can simply import into your Eclipse workspace.
https://github.com/gauravojha/tij4-maven
Thanks to #Sergey Oliv's example. In addition, I needed to provide uncompiled javaassist package with all java files in the 'net' folder too. The .jar wouldn't work by itself.
I must say, this was a lot of work to get going.