| Libraries - can this be done? [message #671514] |
Wed, 18 May 2011 03:43  |
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I've been using Elcipse for a couple of years now, having previously used NetBeans.
I'm afraid I cannot say that I think Eclipse is better, but that's not up for discussion here.
One question I have is about Java Libraries. In NetBeans, outside of a project, you can create libraries. When you define a library you specify where the JARs are, then optionally you can specify where the JavaDoc and the source are. When you come to use a library in a project you add the library from the list of supplied or self defined and away you go. When debugging NetBeans knows where the docs/source are, and when you build in the distribution folder there is a folder of any external jars you need.
Under Eclipse I haven't found out how do do a similar thing. I have found under prefs you can create user libs, but you seem to have to specify the doc/source location each time you create a new project. Also the projects don't seem to hold a reference of which user libs are being reference, so each time you check out a project you need to configure it.
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Tom
[Updated on: Wed, 18 May 2011 03:55] by Moderator |
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| Re: Libraries - can this be done? [message #671829 is a reply to message #671546] |
Thu, 19 May 2011 02:25  |
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Tom Simmons wrote on Wed, 18 May 2011 14:59
This however doesn't address the library configuration like NetBeans has, where you configure the a library once with all the source and doc info and pull it in to the projects.
You should be able to set the source folder and the doc folder when you create the user lib and then add the user library as the dependency in your project. Don't just add the jar, add the user library as the dependency. HTH.
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