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Setup Development Environment¶

This guides describes how to setup the Eclipse development environment.

1. install the Apache Maven (Install Maven)
2. copy the settings.xml to :
   • Windows Vista or Windows 7 - C:\Users\[your windows account name]\.m2
   • Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\[your windows account name]\.m2
3. download the Provisioned Eclipse
4. unzip it to your local computer
5. navigate to the extracted folder, e.g. eclipse3_5, edit the eclipse.ini to append the following line:
   

   -vm
   C:/Program Files/Java/[[you JDK version]]/jre/bin/client/jvm.dll
   

   
   sample:
   

   --launcher.library
   plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.200.v20090519
   -startup
   plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
   -vm
   C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/bin/client/jvm.dll
   -product
   org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
   --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
   256M
   -showsplash
   org.eclipse.platform
   --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
   256m
   -vmargs
   -Xss2m
   -XX:PermSize=128m
   -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
   -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10
   -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=70
   -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
   -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode
   -XX:+CMSIncrementalPacing
   -XX:CompileThreshold=5
   -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
   -Xms128m
   -Xmx512m
   

6. launch the eclipse.exe
   • the select workspace dialog will be prompted up, either setup a new one or point it to your existing workspace
7. after that, go to Window -> Preference
   1. select General -> Content Types -> Text -> JSP -> JSP Fragment
   2. press the Add button and enter *.inc in the Content type field
   3. press OK to save the changes
8. for web application project (excluded those that maintained using Maven), add the following libraries to the Java Build Path (Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries)
   • Servlet-API
   • JSP-API
9. done