JBoss-IDE plugin for Eclipse

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Last revision of this document:
2005-08-30

During the update of this description to reflect the latest release of Eclipse, a bug was detected in the provided files for JBoss-IDE plugin for Eclipse.
The downloadable bugfix is not already capable of being installed by the 'Software Updates' functionality of Eclipse.
Therefore a Bugfix (August 2005) for JBoss-IDE for Eclipse is provided in a separate document.

Before using the following installation-instructions, please 'google' the web if a Version 1.5 / Milestone 2 or higher is available for the 'Software Update' of Eclipse !

This document describes the installation of the JBoss-IDE plugin for the Eclipse Modelling Framework).

The Jboss-IDE plugin (for Eclipse) is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) providing templates and functions to speed up developments of Java-components for the popular JBoss Java Application Server.

`Credits:`

Thanks to Javid Jamae who made a detailed description of the installation and examples. The paper of Javid can be found under http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20242.

There is also a description for the installation of the plugin under Eclipse version 2.x (although i recommend an upgrade to version 3.x). Further you can find a description to add shortcuts to the top toolbar.

Prerequisites:

Operating-system installed ;-).
Logged on as user, who will use Eclipse as an IDE; in our example called developer01.
Eclipse 3.1 installed, started and ended at least once.

`Installation-instructions:`

Contrary to other installations (where a set of files had to be downloaded and then installed), the newest plugin is downloaded and installed with a function from within Eclipse.

Define the site with the update; select >Help>Software Updates>Find and Install...
On the next screen select 'Search for new features to install' and click the [Next] button.
On the next screen click the [New Remote Site...] button. Enter a name of your choice (e.g. JBoss-IDE update site) in the 'Name' field and the URL http://jboss.sourceforge.net/jbosside/updates in the 'URL' field. Click the [ OK ] button.
Expand the 'Jboss-IDE plugin site' and mark 'Jboss-IDE Eclipse 3.0'. Click the [ Next >] button.
Mark the version and click the [ Next >] button.
Select 'I accept the terms in the license agreement' and click the [ Next >] to take another hurdle.
Take cognizance of the information on the next window and click the [ Finish >] to start the installation.
As the plugin is not signed, you get an information, click the [ Install ] as there is no other way to get the plugin installed.
After the download is finished, a recommendation to restart the Eclipse-workbench is displayed. Agree by clicking the [ Yes ] button.

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Test:

To check if the functions are available can be don in the following way:

Position the cursor on the top toolbar and right-click with the mouse. Select Customize Perspective .
If the plugin was installed, 'Jboss-IDE' is one of the 'Shortcut Categories'. If you do not want to add Shortcuts to the top-toolbar, click the [ Cancel ] button. If you are familiar with adding Shortcuts to the top-toolbar you can customize Eclipse according to your favours.

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