Eclipse plugin from source code

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navs - 15 Mar 2008 22:26 GMT

Hi All,

I am trying to make an Eclipse plugin for the Java software. I have
the source code of the software, i am not sure how to go about
building plugin for eclipse from the source code. I tried doing the
"convert the Project to plugin Project" but when I try to export as
*.jar it fails. Is there any good tutorial that can explain about how
to build eclipse plugin from the source code?...Please do let me know.
I am pretty much new to Java and eclipse.

Thanks
navs

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Christian - 16 Mar 2008 02:03 GMT

navs schrieb:

> Hi All,
>
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> Thanks
> navs

you don't export plugins as normal jars ...
they need some additional metdata .. (plugin.xml /manifest)

eclipse has a wizard to do this. Still if you don't know this I don't
see how you could have created a working plugin.
I would recommend you the Book eclipse Rich Client Platform from Jeff
McAffer an Jean-Michel Lemieux ..
It has a good tutorial on RCP and the plugin mechanism in general.
It might be what you are looking for.

Christian

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