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Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #672291]

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:41

Ming Qin

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi Everyone:
I built Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 from command line console. Did anyone know how to set up an IDE ( Eclipsed, SpringTool Suit, Netbeans, Intellij , etc) to build Virgo Kernel from Source Codes?

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Re: Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #673362 is a reply to message #672291]

Mon, 23 May 2011 11:11

Chris Frost

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Registered: January 2010
Location: Southampton, England

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Hi,

We use STS/Eclipse IDE with the dm Server tools. I'd just go and download the latest STS, it's free. Simply build it on the command line and then import all the projects in to Eclipse. Each bundle has Eclipse project info checked in with them. All you need to do in Eclipse is create a variable to point to the ivy cache that the build creates and then all the projects should resolve with a little project refreshing/cleaning etc...

Chris.

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Springsource, a divison of VMware.

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Re: Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #674692 is a reply to message #673362]

Fri, 27 May 2011 22:39

Ming Qin

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi Christopher:
I followed up your suggestions on steps of importing Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M05 into Eclipse Helios 3.6.2 Java Edition. Here is a link from Spring team about how to set up a similar Eclipse IDE environment -http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RqasFZ1m9QUJ:blog.springsource.com/2009/03/03/building-spring-3/+Eclipse+create+a+variable+to+point+to+the+ivy+cache&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com

Here is my settings:
1. After building the Virgo Kernel by running "ant -Dci.build=true clean clean-integration test", I configured two classpath variables-KERNEL_IVY_CACHE and IVY_CACHE, both of them were linked to same folder see below link
http://members.cox.net/jbuilder/k1.JPG
2: Creating missed folders as Eclipse IDE problems panel complained about, after importing all projects Here is the link
http://members.cox.net/jbuilder/k2.JPG
3. Finally, Eclipse IDE seemed resolving all build path issues as this http://members.cox.net/jbuilder/k3.JPG

Suggestions on virgo kernel source codes folder structures:

In order to eliminate the manual creations on those missed folders which were complained by Eclipse IDE, could your guys add those folder in there? I did a testing by re-run "ant -Dci.build=true clean clean-integration test" after adding those folder, the build goes fine.
Just my observation on how to make virgo kernel to be Eclipse IDE friendly.

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Re: Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #677057 is a reply to message #674692]

Tue, 07 June 2011 12:23

Chris Frost

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Registered: January 2010
Location: Southampton, England

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Hi,

Sorry for the slow response, we've had a few people out the office.

You only need the KERNEL_IVY_CACHE var, the other one isn't needed. The missing folders are from projects that produce test applications and aren't part of the Kernel source code proper. You should only need to import projects starting with org.eclipse.virgo in their name. Don't worry about there being a few warnings, the code is in good shape but there are a few things we simply can't remove due to technicalities of the Java language. The missing folders is a fair comment, I have raised a bug to get them fixed. (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=348545)

Thanks,
Chris.

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Springsource, a divison of VMware.

[Updated on: Tue, 07 June 2011 12:24]

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Re: Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #682110 is a reply to message #677057]

Fri, 10 June 2011 12:38

Chris Frost

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Registered: January 2010
Location: Southampton, England

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Said bug is now fixed. The Eclipse projects now all come in with no missing folders etc..

Thanks for pointing it out.
Chris.

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Springsource, a divison of VMware.

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Re: Build Virgo Kernel 3.0.0.M04 in IDE [message #682398 is a reply to message #682110]

Sat, 11 June 2011 01:34

Ming Qin

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Chris:
This thread got almost 5000 views. Hope the number is accurate since it might indicate lots of developers are learning virgo from source codes.

[Updated on: Sat, 11 June 2011 01:36]

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