For the Open-Source development environment Eclipse is a plug-in available that integrates the JamaicaVM and JamaicaVM Builder into a powerful IDE. So far, working with JamaicaVM and the JamaicaVM Builder meant to work on the command line. Especially configuring the Builder with its great number of different options requires a very good understanding of the tool. Integrating the Builder into an IDE will help to more easily create such configurations.
Downloads are available from the main Eclipse site http://www.eclipse.org. Get the Eclipse SDK archive that matches your host plattform and unpack it. For Eclipse 3.0 and higher, a JDK 1.4.2 is required.
There are two ways to install the plug-in:
The following instructions reference Eclipse 3.0:
Choose Help->Software Updates->Find and Install... to open a wizard that will guide you through the installation process.
Select Search for new features to install and press Next >.
Click on Add Update Site... to add the aicas update site to the list.
Fill in the text fields depending on your Eclipse version:
Field Name : | aicas |
Field URL (Eclipse 2.1) : | http://www.aicas.com/download/eclipse/2.1 |
Field URL (Eclipse 3.0) : | http://www.aicas.com/download/eclipse/3.0 |
Browse the newly created site and select the category matching your JamaicaVM version. Press Next >.
This page shows the available plug-in. Select it and press Next >.
The wizard will guide you through the rest of the installtion process.
Download a plug-in matching your JamaicaVM version form the JamaicaVM Plug-in website http://www.aicas.com/eclipse.html.
Copy the dowloaded zip file into the Eclipse installation directory.
Unpack the archive using unzip com.aicas.jamaica.eclipse_x.y.z. This creates sub-directories in the plugins and features directory.
Restart Eclipse.
If everything worked properly and Eclipse has restarted, the plug-ins welcome page is automatically opend. It is best to follow those instructions to quickly set up required plug-in settings. The first thing to do is setting the correct path of your Jamaica installation in the plug-ins Preferences Page. Open this dialog choosing Window->Preferences and select JamaicaVM Builder.