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Working with Eclipse, writing servlets in java...

Another day, another class... I have gotten everything working for my class in which I am using Tomcat and Eclipse to write java servlets. What I would like to know is why eclipse seems to give me problems when I try to edit the servlet-name in the web.xml file. Does eclipse not allow you to edit this file? I know that it automaticall...

RCP + JNLP\WebStart App will not start

I've followed this example: RCP+JavaWS but the app just briefly comes up and goes away. I've turned the console on and it quickly goes away too. I've tried adding: -console, -consoleLog, and -noExit to my application-desc args and I have searched my Application Data dir to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas where I could look to find...

What is the single best free Eclipse plugin for authoring and editing XML documents?

In my old job I used XMLSpy to do my XML authoring and editing, but now I require a free plugin for Eclipse to do this. My basic requirements are: - General XML document editing - Creating XSD files - Creating WSDL files Can you recommend a free Eclipse plugin for this? ...

What would you consider good Eclipse support?

Hey, As part of my job, I'm employed to install and support development tools for the developers in the company. Eclipse is an IDE that a great deal of developers here use, but I don't actively support. With the huge range of plugins and quick release of new versions - I find it hard to keep on top of and would not be able (obviously)...

What happened to Eclipse Web Services Explorer on Mac?

I've got Eclipse 3.4.1 running on Leopard 10.5.6 and I'm used to using the Web Services Explorer to open up a WSDL in Windows from Eclipse's run menu. I do not see it on my Mac (this is the first time I try it here). Am I missing something? I checked under plugin details and it shows that it is installed. Edit: Stupid question, sorry, j...

Eclipse: detach package explorer, outline panels?

I'm in a constant battle with Eclipse to free up more screen real estate for code instead of decoration. I can maximize the code window by double clicking on it, getting rid of the package explorer, outline, and other panels, but I do use the other panels on occasion, particularly the package explorer for SVN integration. Is there a wa...

Best practices for development with multiple machines and version control

I'm just getting into the practice of version control (I'd like to use Eclipse and SVN), and I'm not sure the best setup for my scenario. I'm currently a lone developer and I have two computers (a work desktop and a home office laptop) that I like to use for development (mainly web-based stuff). I have access to a Linux-based and a Wind...

Maven install folder structure problem j2ee (spring, struts ..)

Hi i'm using maven 2.1-SNAPSHOT as eclipse plugin. My project structure is like this: src/main/java    -model    -service    -action src/test/java    empty atm src/main/resources    empty atm src/test/resources    empty atm src/main/webapp    -js     -dojo    -META-INF    -WEB-INF      web.xml      appcontext.xml    ...

How does relative file path works in Eclipse.

So my 2009 new years resolution is to learn Java. I recently acquired "Java for Dummies" and have been following along with the demo code in the book by re-writing it using Eclipse. Anyway, every example in the book that uses a relative path does not seem to read the .txt file it's supposed to read from. Here is the sample code: impo...

Eclipse: Nested Editor Tabs?

Is anyone aware of any method (or external plugin) that would allow for nested editor tabs? It would be nice to be able to group related open files into their own "master" tabs, but I'm not sure if this is even possible. Any ideas? ...

Is there a posibility to break on every object reference in eclipse debugger ?

Suppose I have a class public classs MyClass { private Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(); //and many methods here } is there a possibility to make an eclipse debugger stop at every line where set member is used ? ...

eclipse find resource not compiled

when i click Ctrl+Shift+R i get dialog that allows me to find resource, however it shows resource not compiled and compiled. Is there any way to make it show just not compiled resource? or hide compiled? ...

Custom tld function validation in eclipse

Hi, I am working in eclipse (Ganymede 3.4.1) and have created a ctl TLD : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <taglib version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.x...

Getting Started with C and Objective-C

I am eventually wanting to program in Objective-C to write programs for OS X and possibly the iPhone. I do not have any direct experience with C and I come from a web programming background. I am much more familiar with java syntax than C and Objective C. I am just looking for suggestions on how to get started. It looks like I need t...

Eclipse Ganymede: How do I generate a build.xml for an EAR?

I am using Eclipse Ganymede I created an MDB project using the wizard. It build a simple MDB. I then created an EJB project with included the MDB project just using the wizard Now I want to generate 1) An ear file for this 2) The build.xml to generate the ear file. When I use export->earfile, the ear only contains a manifest and the ja...

How many multiple "Eclipse Projects" is considered too excessive for one actual development project?

I'm currently working on a project that contains many different Eclipse projects referencing each other to make up one large project. Is there a point where a developer should ask themselves if they should rethink the way their development project is structured? NOTE: My project currently contains 25+ different Eclipse projects. ...

Eclipse: Accessing a editor template from plugin code

Let's say I have a editor template (which inserts some arbitrary snippet of code) defined in my editor preferences. I'd like to access that template programmatically. How do I do this? I know the classes TemplateStore, TemplatePreferencesPage, and TemplatePersistentData exist, but I haven't been able to put them together into anything...

Eclipse exclude folders from search

Hi, I'd like to exclude certain folders (and all their subfolders) from searching within Eclipse, is this possible? Thanks, Don ...

How do I get the workbench window to open a modal dialog in an Eclipse based project?

In order to open a modal dialog, you need to pass a parent window, and pass the necessary flags for the dialog to be modal of course. Depending on where you are in the eclipse infrastructure, finding this parent window is not always easy. How can the parent window be accessed? ...

How to work with referenced projects in eclipse

Ok maybe everybody knows how to do this, but I've never try it beacause I've never needed it so, how do you work with multiple referenced projects in eclipse? I have a couple of Struts 1 web applications that must use another struts 1 "library" project and right now I'm doing the communication between them using url requests, wich is rea...