Java Lab set Up
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• All your labs will require an INITIAL setup per course. Once you have completed this setup as you
evolve your lab it should not need to be done again.
• When you open your lab you will see this;
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Where are my lab files?
If you open the Studentwork folder you will see both setup and solution directories
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Open eclipse
• Launch your eclipse workspace • Select->Maven->User Settings->Browse button
for “User Settings”
• Then select Window->Preferences
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Maven Setup
• Then navigate to
/home/developer/Desktop/settings
• Select the settings.xml file
• Click the Open button
• Your User Settings file has changed
• Click Apply and Close button
• This maven setting will pull in maven
dependencies from behind a proxy
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• Now to get our starter project, in eclipse select File->Open Projects from File System
• Navigate to developer/Desktop/Studentwork/<starter lab directory>/<Starter lab>
• Below it is Lab02.1/Student
• Select the lab, click the “Open” button
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Bring your project into eclipse
• Your project should be selected, click the • Close the Welcome tag
“Finish” button
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• Your project will appear and maven will build the project
to get rid of red errors
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Problems
• If you see an error like this complaining
about the JRE
• Select the project node->BuildPath-
>Configure Build Path
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Verify the JRE/JDK
• This means we have an unbound classpath
variable i.e. our JRE.
• Select the Libraries tab
• Select the JRE
• Click the “Edit button”
• Select the Workspace default JRE
• Click the “Finish” button
• Click “Apply and Close” button
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Project Rebuild
• Maven will rebuild automatically
and you should have no red errors
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Still have Problem?
• If you still have errors; try a maven clean;
• Select the pom.xml of your project->right click->Run As->Maven clean
• It may take a while, but your console will show some warnings, maybe some downloading
statements but finally a BUILD SUCCESS
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Project Ready
• Once you start a lab, the state of your lab is maintained
• You should only need to set settings.xml or jdk, or do a maven clean the first time you start a
course
• You are ready to go
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