I have created a java project using eclipse and in that project I have included a few jar files such as sqljdbc4.jar, jtds-1.2.4.jar, and log4j-1.2.17.jar. I have also included a dll for windows authentication in this project. I'm attempting to export this project as either a .zip .tar etc so the project can later be imported by someone else and work with the project.
I want to export the file in a way that the other developer can import the project and instantly begin working without having to download the jar files that the project is dependent on. Is this possible at all
I have already tried what i have thought would have worked going to export -> Archive file -> save in .zip format. I was unsuccessful with this I also figured going to properties -> Order and Export tab and selecting the needed jars would work and then exporting still unsuccessful.
Once the other developer imports the project the jars are not there for him...
I would use Ant. It is integrated right into eclipse and takes an .xml file called build.xml. It works by specifying "targets" in the xml file that each perform some action such as "build" (i.e. run javac), "deploy" (i.e. run the jar command), etc. There is a command that can be called from within the jar target called zipgroupfileset which you can use to package all of the jars within your main jar file.
More info about ant can be found here
There are many variations on the following but the basic idea is to
use a code library and share the project. The repository
can be local to you or even better put it on an http server
( ala VisualSVN or google or the like ).
1st (local) solution:
Install SVN ( http://subversion.apache.org/ )
Install SubVersion
Create a repo on your local file system
Share the project
Dump the repo
Send the repo
Load the repo (Other developer)
2nd (network) solution (using google code as your library)
Install SVN ( http://subversion.apache.org/ )
Install SubVersion
Put your project on GoogleCode (http://code.google.com/)
Other developer gets project
Related
I would like to start the program from this repository: https://github.com/SaifurRahmanMohsin/Personal-Diary but when I dowload it and open the project in Eclipse I am not able to build/compile it. So i also can't run it.
Do I have to change run configurations or build a working set or something like that? I usually don't work with Eclipse so I am a bit overwhelmed.
screenshot eclipse1
screenshot eclipse2
Check out. Delete the files .project, .classpath, and folder .settings before you import because those hold data unrelated to your system.
File, Import, Project from existing sources
Pick the inner Personal Diary folder, not the repo folder
You will need to download two libraries to add to the classpath
JSON-Simple and Apache HTTP Client
I have a project where I want to add an external JAR file. The desired external JAR file has a nifty Github page with source, but no pre-compiled JAR file.
These are the steps I've completed so far:
1. I have downloaded the source in a zip. (its Twinkle from SwingFx.ch in case you're interested)
2. I have extracted the zip file to my workspace.
3. I have created a new project with the same name as the extracted folder from the zip file. (project loads the source successfully)
4. I select the export option from the File menu and selected the 'JAR file' option and clicked next.
Note: I had to add an external library to the above Twinkle project for it to build successfully (in case that makes a difference to the settings).
On the JAR File Specification page there are multiple check-box options available(see below):
Export generated class file and resources
Export all output folder for checked projects
Export Java source files and resources
Export refactorings for checked projects
Compress the contents of the JAR file
Add directory entries
I am not sure which are supposed to be selected and if it makes a difference in the behaviour of the project I will add the (soon-to-be) exported JAR file to. I tested it by exporting with the default settings. This worked ok.. However, I now do not know if I should have chosen different settings in case of any reasons I am not aware of. I am not sure if there are specific settings I should choose when I intend for the JAR file to, specifically, be added as an external JAR file to another project.
Please enlighten me!
This is a traditional Java library that uses Maven. It should be fairly easy to build using Maven, which should be better and quicker to build this, if you already have Maven and git installed.
Let's consider that you did not download the source file as a zip, but take the github approach, where you'd use git to download the source code.
If you don't have git, download its latest version and install it.
If you don't have Maven, download its latest version and install it.
Once Maven and git are installed, make sure the Maven and git binaries are configured in your environment PATH variable. If not set, you would, on the Windows platform and for Maven binaries, set it this way (using the default installation path):
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache\maven-3.1.1\bin
Create and change directory in a work directory of your choice, that we'll refer to %work_directory% from now on.
Run the following:
cd %work_directory%
git clone https://github.com/spreiter301/Core.git
git clone https://github.com/spreiter301/Twinkle.git
cd Core
mvn clean install
cd ../Twinkle
mvn package
6. Retrieve the twinkle-1.0.0.jar file in the newly created '%work_directory%/Twinkle/target' folder.
In this case, it was necessary to retrieve the Core library because it is a dependency of the Twinkle project. Normally, this is not necessary because dependencies are automatically retrieved from a maven repository. But in that case, that dependency is not available on any Maven repository. Hence we manually retrieved the dependency from github, compiled it and installed it in your local cached repository. Then we could package the Twinkle project into the JAR file.
This should do it. If you want a 5 minutes tutorial on Maven, there is a tutorial for this here. I highly recommend it, you will encounter this often in the Java world. Maven is the standard build tool for Java, just like 'make' is for C, 'rake' for Ruby, 'sbt' for Scala, etc..! Good luck with the rest.
I am a novice and don't have much idea. So I have a library that is built with Maven and I want to include this library in my java project in Eclipse, how do I do this? I am using Eclipse juno on MacOSx. I want to run one of the modules in this library, so the source code is provided for this module but how do i run this?
If you are not using maven, you have to download the jar and the sources of that jar (In your case, you can download the zip file provided on the website you mention : http://code.google.com/p/cleartk/downloads/list ) and put it somewhere on your computer.
Then you have to set the build path of your project in Eclipse :
Right-click on your project -> Properties -> Java Build Path
Then you can click on the Libraries tab and Add External Jars so you can point to the jar you downloaded.
In this tab, you can attach the sources of this jar to have access to the source code in Eclipse (and eventually set breakpoint).
So I am using
Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/keplerrc3
and I am trying to add the jasypt - 1.9.0 plugin to eclipse
Since I am not experienced in this, I only tried one way which is
1- Download the zip file form the following url
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasypt/files/
2- Unzip the file into the eclipse subdirectory plugins
3- Restart eclipse
However it seems that there is something missing
Go to your downloaded file and go to the lib folder. In there, you have a whole host of jar files. It is most likely the jasypt-1.9.0 jar you want.
In Eclipse: go to: Properties > Java Build Path > Libraries
Choose to add an External Jar and navigate to the location of the jasypt-1.9.0.jar
This will add the jar and its libraries to your project. Note: Look at the API for what you are using if this doesn't work - you may require a different jar to be imported instead/as well.
This is the standard way to add any third-party libraries to your project.
I have installed Red5 server successfully and also am able to run the demos fine. Now, I want to create a sample red5 server application. I created a sample project according to the specific directory structure that Red5 requires. But, now when I try to open this project in Netbeans 6.8, I am unable to because both have a different directory structure. So, Netbeans doesn't consider it as a project. I actually want to convert this project to a war file, so I can deploy it to red5/webapps directory and then red5 deployer service can make project out it automatically. How do I convert this project to a war file? because in Netbeans I am unable to open it. Please help.
I don't know if this will fully answer your questions but this is my configuration.
In the main red5 directory there is a file called project.zip, you can open it to get basic configuration files, directories structure and build files for ant (Pure Java build tool).
Using netbeans, you create a new free-form project and point it to the directory of your project. because of the ant build files the project will be recognized.
Netbeans provides it's own ant version but i prefer to install and use ant from command line.
when you'll run ant in the project directory it will try to find dependencies and probably at first will complain that it cannot find ivy.
Ivy is a dependency manager that red5 project uses that can be found in the following URL: http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.html
please notice that ant will tell you exactly where it searches for the required jar file, just download the ivy zip, unzip it, and place the jar inside it in the requested directory.
once ant will compile the project properly (just by running the commant ant), it will also create a war file under dist directory.
don't forget to add to your red5 netbeans project the relevant red5 jars in order for the project to compile properly.
I am also prefer use ant from command line. I have two directory structures. One for source files and another for deployment.
This example helped me to start.