Last Friday, the Bioclipse 2.1 development series moved to Eclipse 3.5, so I had to update the Bioclipse SDK too, which we developed earlier.
With a new Eclipse version also comes new screenshots to talk you through the process of setting up a new Bioclipse manager plugin.
Step 1
Right click in your workspace navigator, and choose New -> Project:
Step 2
And select to create a new Plug-in Project:
Step 3
Give a project name, such as net.bioclipse.xml:
Step 4
Tune the ID, Version, Name, and Provider to your liking:
Step 5
Then select Bioclipse Manager:
Step 6
The next wizard page is specific the the Bioclipse manager, and asks a manager namespace, which will be used as prefix in the JavaScript Console. For example, if I make the namespace xml, then I will type xml.someMethod() inside the JavaScript. The default manager name is typically OK by default:
Then click Finish and let Eclipse set up the new project.Step 7
Because I have not figured out yet how to add Import-Package to the MANIFEST.MF programmatically, you will have to do this manually. Add the last line of the next screenshot to the MANIFEST.MF of your new plugin:
Update: I found a hack to add the Import-Package programmatically, by overwriting the execute(IProject project, IPluginModelBase model, IProgressMonitor monitor) in the Template class.
regarding adding Import-Package, I believe you can do this by extending NewPluginTemplateWizard.getImportPackages()
ReplyDeleteI'm adding Import-Package to MANIFEST.MF programmatically as part of my oaw - generator - workflow.
ReplyDeletethis week I have no time - please remember me nex t week (ekke_at_ekkes-corner.org) then I can publish my solution - perhaps it helps.
ekke
Jacek is correct, use the getImportPackages() method... it's a bit wonky but there are example templates in the org.eclipse.pde.ui.templates plug-in
ReplyDelete@Chris and @Jacek:
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thanx very much for your feedback... I'm trying to get it working, but need a bit more info I think...
We have a class:
public class ManagerWizard extends NewPluginTemplateWizard {}
to which I just added:
@Override
public String[] getImportPackages() {
String[] superPkg = super.getImportPackages();
String[] pkgs = new String[superPkg.length+1];
System.arraycopy(superPkg, 0, pkgs, 0, superPkg.length);
pkgs[pkgs.length-1] = "org.apache.log4j";
return pkgs;
}
Our plugin.xml for this class looks like:
<extension
point="org.eclipse.pde.ui.pluginContent">
<wizard
class="net.bioclipse.sdk.pdewizard.ManagerWizard"
icon="icons/bioclipse_16.png"
id="net.bioclipse.sdk.template.wizard"
java="true"
name="Bioclipse Manager Wizard"
pureOSGi="false"
rcp="false"
requiresActivator="false"
ui-content="true">
</wizard>
</extension>
Does that look about right? As it does not add the imports line... :(
Looks fine, looking at the HelloOSGiServiceWizard...
ReplyDeletepublic String[] getImportPackages() {
return new String[] {"org.osgi.framework;version=\"1.3.0\"", "org.osgi.util.tracker;version=\"1.3.1\""}; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
}
No, I just cannot get it to work... I actually have one more problems... the packages that the templates are not exported with Export-Package: in the MANIFEST.MF either... :(
ReplyDeleteQuite depressing... I'll try to step-by-debug-step through the whole performFinish() to learn a bit more on why this is failing for me... :(
OK, I found a dirty hack which is using deprecated APIs, but at least works: adding the following to the Template class:
ReplyDelete@Override
public void execute(IProject project, IPluginModelBase model,
IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
IPluginBase pluginBase = model.createPluginBase();
if (pluginBase instanceof BundlePluginBase) {
IBundle bundle = ((BundlePluginBase) pluginBase).getBundle();
bundle.setHeader("Import-Package", "org.apache.log4j");
model.createPluginBase().getId();
String packageName = getFormattedPackageName(
model.getPluginBase().getId()
);
bundle.setHeader(
"Export-Package",
packageName + ", " +
packageName + ".business"
);
}
super.execute(project, model, monitor);
}
Really.... a cool Plug-in Wizard template for Bioclipse. kudos :)
ReplyDelete