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No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725482]

Thu, 03 March 2016 14:16

Eclipse User

I have a standalone app using SWT/JFace. For older versions of Eclipse, I had to include several SWT-related jar files in the classpath of my distribution. After upgrading to Mars.2 from a previous version (at least 2 pervious versions ago), there are no longer any *swt*.jar and *jface*.jar files in the plugins subdir. In fact, there is no plugins subdir.

Doing a

find /usr/local/ -name "*jface*"

turned up nothing useful.

So where, now, do I get the *swt*.jar and *jface*.jar files to include into my distribution??

Mark

Re: No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725485 is a reply to message #1725482]

Thu, 03 March 2016 14:55

Eclipse User

I'd guess that you installed using the Eclipse Installer? It shares bundles in a bundle pool, typically found in $HOME/.p2/pool or in your user app data directory. You should be able to find them by adding a library to your project properties > Java Build Path > Libraries and extending the 'ECLIPSE_HOME' variable.

Brian.

Re: No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725489 is a reply to message #1725485]

Thu, 03 March 2016 15:17

Eclipse User

I did indeed use the Eclipse Installer, and I did indeed find a $HOME/.p2 subdir with a pools.info file, but no pools subdirectory. Sad

I'm uncertain what you are suggesting by a "user app data directory"... Are you talking about something under my "workspace" (where my projects live)??

Also, I visited Java Build Path > Libraries and only had the option to Add... {jars, files, folders, libraries}, so not sure what your lingo means to extend ECLIPSE_HOME...(?)

thanks in advance for your clarification...
Mark

Re: No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725491 is a reply to message #1725485]

Thu, 03 March 2016 15:31

Eclipse User

Also, I found where I could download the swt.jar file, but jface classes don't come with it. I googled until my fingers were blue, but have not found where I can download jface classes to include in my stand-alone projects... Any ideas?
Mark

Re: No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725499 is a reply to message #1725491]

Thu, 03 March 2016 16:36

Eclipse User

JFace and SWT are included in Eclipse as bundles. You could download a distribution from download.eclipse.org and find them there.

Or you can reference the plugins from your classpath. I've attached a snapshot indicating how you'd set the library referencing the ECLIPSE_HOME variable.

index.php/fa/25174/0/

Since you said this was a standalone application, I assume you just export a Runnable Jar and include the referenced libraries.

(The user app data is for Windows; it's where the Eclipse Installer puts its bundle pool.)

Hope that helps.

Brian.

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[Updated on: Thu, 03 March 2016 16:37] by Moderator

Re: No more swt*.jar files? [message #1725594 is a reply to message #1725499]

Fri, 04 March 2016 10:54

Eclipse User

Excellent! Downloading Eclipse (not using the installer) was the trick I needed. I found the needed jface and swt Jar files (after "tar -zx"), copied them into my standalone project, and I'm good to go!!

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