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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 the folder:
   • 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, and 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. (not applicable to Maven project) for web application project, add the following libraries to the Java Build Path (Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries)
   • Servlet-API
   • JSP-API
9. (optional) (skip this step if do not want to replace your existing CVS & SVN repository settings)
   1. import the following eclipse preferences (File -> Import -> General -> Preferences)
      • cvs_repository.epf
      • svn_repository.epf
10. done