Semweb4j/Developing

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[edit] Prerequisites

• Java 1.5 or higher
• Eclipse SDK, at least 3.2.x, use the latest stable version
  • you have to configure the Eclipse JDK code compliance to at least "5.0" (in Window > Preferences > Java > Compiler)
• latest Subclipse or any other working SVN (Subversion) client plug-in for eclipse
  • Eclipse update site (13.02.07) is http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.0.x
• Maven 2.0.6

[edit] Getting started

• First SVN checkout the project you are interested in into eclipse

http://semweb4j.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...

You can browse the SVN repository here

The project will have no .classpath - just run "mvn eclipse:eclipse" and it will generate one.

[edit] Project Directory Layout

The projects follows Maven2 conventions.

/src/main/java         is the real source code
/src/main/resources    contains other stuff to be in the classpath
/src/test/java         source code for JUnit tests
/src/test/resources    other stuff to be in the class path when testing
/META-INF              contains the MANIFEST.MF file. 

This is used by OSGi. Editing is done through the Eclipse Plug-In Development Environment (PDE). Right-click on a project and select "PDE Tools > Open Manifest" to view/edit the manifest.

/target                contains everything that can be generated, e.g. class files or JavaDoc.

Some projects have even more folders:

/src/assembly          contains Maven2 assembly descriptors
/src/changes           contains a changes.xml file with the projects changelog.
/src/site              contains config files and content for the Maven2 website