Eclipse Cookbook

Eclipse is a powerful open source platform that gives Java developers a new way to approach development projects. In the Eclipse Cookbook, Java expert Steve Holzner demystifies Eclipse with practical recipes for more than 800 situations you may encounter-from deploying a web application automatically to reverse engineering compiled code, from re-naming all references to a class across multiple packages to initializing the SWT JNI libraries.

Steve Holzner
Steve Holzner is an award-winning author who has been writing about Java topics since Java first appeared. He's a former PC Magazine contributing editor, and his many books have been translated into 18 languages around the world. His books sold more than 1.5 million copies, and many of his bestsellers have been on Java. Steve graduated from MIT and got his PhD at Cornell; he's been a very popular member of the faculty at both MIT and Cornell, teaching thousands of students over the years and earning an average student evaluation over 4.9 out of 5.0. He also runs his own software company and teaches week-long classes to corporate programmers on Java around the country.

Preface

xi

Basic Skills

1

(30)

Getting Eclipse

1

(2)

Installing and Running Eclipse

3

(2)

Understanding Your Workspace

5

(3)

Running Multiple Eclipse Windows

8

(1)

Creating a Java Project

9

(3)

Managing Perspectives, Views, and Editors

12

(2)

Mastering the Java Perspective

14

(2)

Creating a Java Class

16

(3)

Completing Code Automatically

19

(3)

Running Your Code

22

(1)

Running Code Snippets

23

(1)

Fixing Syntax Errors Automatically

24

(4)

Keeping Your Workspace Clear

28

(1)

Recovering from Total Disaster

29

(2)

Using Eclipse

31

(23)

Showing/Hiding Views

32

(1)

Moving a View or Toolbar

33

(2)

Accessing Any Project File

35

(1)

Tiling Editors

36

(1)

Maximizing Views and Editors

37

(1)

Going Back to the Previous Editor

38

(1)

Going Back to the Previous Edit Location

39

(1)

Linking Views to Editors

39

(1)

Reordering View and Editor Tabs

40

(1)

Navigating from an Editor to a View

41

(1)

Creating a Key Binding

41

(1)

Displaying More Resource Information with Icons

41

(2)

Using a Different Workspace

43

(1)

Creating a Task

44

(2)

Creating a Bookmark

46

(1)

Creating a Fast View

47

(1)

Customizing Help

48

(1)

Restoring Deleted Resources

49

(1)

Customizing a Perspective

50

(1)

Restoring a Perspective

51

(1)

Creating a New Perspective

52

(2)

Java Development

54

(28)

Speeding Up the JDT Editor

54

(2)

Creating a Java Project

56

(2)

Creating Java Packages

58

(2)

Creating a Java Class

60

(1)

Creating a Java Method

61

(2)

Overriding a Java Method

63

(1)

Getting Method Parameter Hints

64

(1)

Inserting Method Parameter Names

65

(1)

Creating Getter/Setter Methods

66

(1)

Creating Delegate Methods

67

(1)

Surrounding Code with do/for/if/try/while Blocks

67

(1)

Finding the Matching Brace

68

(1)

Automatically Wrapping Strings

69

(1)

Creating a Constructor

70

(2)

Converting Constructors to Factory Methods

72

(1)

Commenting Out a Section of Code

73

(1)

Creating Working Sets

74

(2)

Creating TODO Tasks

76

(1)

Customizing Code Assist

77

(5)

Refactoring, Building, and Launching

82

(26)

Renaming Elements

83

(3)

Moving Elements

86

(2)

Extracting and Implementing Interfaces

88

(2)

Searching Code

90

(3)

Comparing Files

93

(1)

Comparing Files Against Local History

94

(2)

Restoring Elements and Files from Local History

96

(2)

Selecting the Java Runtime for Builds

98

(1)

Running Your Code

99

(1)

Building Your Code

100

(1)

Using .jar and .class Files

101

(4)

Setting the Launch Configuration

105

(3)

Testing and Debugging

108

(32)

Installing JUnit

109

(2)

Testing an Application with JUnit

111

(6)

Starting a Debugging Session

117

(3)

Setting a Breakpoint

120

(2)

Stepping Through Your Code

122

(3)

Running Until Encountering a Breakpoint

125

(2)

Running to a Line of Code You Select

127

(1)

Watching Expressions and Variables

128

(1)

Setting a Hit Count for Breakpoints

128

(2)

Configuring Breakpoint Conditions

130

(2)

Creating Field, Method, and Exception Breakpoints

132

(3)

Evaluating Expressions

135

(2)

Assigning Values to Variables While Debugging

137

(1)

Changing Code on the Fly

138

(2)

Using Eclipse in Teams

140

(25)

Getting a CVS Server

141

(1)

Creating a CVS Repository

142

(1)

Connecting Eclipse to a CVS Repository

143

(3)

Storing an Eclipse Project in a CVS Repository

146

(2)

Committing Files to the CVS Repository

148

(1)

Visually Labeling Files Under Version Control

149

(1)

Examining the CVS Repository

150

(2)

Checking Projects Out of a CVS Repository

152

(1)

Updating Your Code from a CVS Repository

152

(3)

Synchronizing Your Code with the CVS Repository

155

(1)

Creating Code Patches

156

(3)

Naming Code Versions

159

(3)

Creating CVS Branches

162

(3)

Eclipse and Ant

165

(21)

Connecting Ant to Eclipse

165

(6)

Building an Eclipse Application Using Ant

171

(3)

Catching Ant Build File Syntax Problems

174

(2)

Using a Different Build File

176

(3)

Using Your Own Version of Ant

179

(1)

Setting Types and Global Properties

180

(1)

Setting Ant Editor Options

181

(1)

Setting Ant Arguments

182

(1)

Using the Ant View

183

(1)

Using Ant as an External Tool

184

(2)

SWT: Text, Buttons, Lists, and Nonrectangular Windows

186

(28)

Working with SWT Widgets

189

(2)

Creating an SWT Application

191

(3)

Adding the Required SWT JAR Files to the Build Path

194

(2)

Launching an SWT Application

196

(2)

Positioning Widgets and Using Layouts

198

(2)

Creating Button and Text Widgets

200

(2)

Handling SWT Widget Events

202

(3)

Creating List Widgets

205

(3)

Creating Composite Widgets

208

(2)

Creating Nonrectangular Windows

210

(2)

Multithreading SWT Applications

212

(2)

SWT: Dialogs, Toolbars, Menus, and More

214

(30)

Creating Message Boxes

214

(1)

Creating Dialogs

215

(4)

Creating Toolbars

219

(1)

Embedding Buttons in Toolbars

220

(2)

Handling Toolbar Events

222

(2)

Embedding Combo Boxes, Text Widgets, and Menus in Toolbars

224

(1)

Creating a Menu System

224

(4)

Creating Text Menu Items

228

(3)

Creating Image Menu Items

231

(1)

Creating Radio Menu Items

232

(1)

Creating Menu Item Accelerators and Mnemonics

233

(1)

Enabling and Disabling Menu Items

234

(1)

Creating Menu Separators

234

(1)

Creating Tables

235

(3)

Creating Table Columns

238

(1)

Adding Check Marks to Table Items

239

(1)

Enabling and Disabling Table Items

240

(1)

Adding Images to Table Items

241

(1)

Using Swing and AWT Inside SWT

242

(2)

SWT: Coolbars, Tab Folders, Trees, and Browsers

244

(23)

Creating SWT Tab Folders

244

(3)

Creating SWT Coolbars

247

(1)

Adding Items to Coolbars

248

(3)

Adding Drop-Down Menus, to Coolbars

251

(5)

Creating SWT Trees

256

(2)

Handling Tree Events

258

(2)

Adding Checkboxes to Tree Items

260

(2)

Adding Images to Tree Items

262

(1)

Creating SWT Browser Widgets

262

(5)

JSP, Servlets, and Eclipse

267

(24)

Installing Tomcat

267

(1)

Starting Tomcat

268

(2)

Creating JSP Files

270

(2)

Creating a Servlet

272

(2)

Installing a Servlet in Tomcat

274

(2)

Creating a Servlet in Place

276

(2)

Editing web.xml in Place

278

(2)

Avoiding Output Folder Scrubs

280

(1)

Interfacing to JavaBeans

281

(2)

Using a Tomcat Plug-in

283

(2)

Creating WAR Files

285

(6)

Creating Plug-ins: Extension Points, Actions, and Menus

291

(25)

Installing a Plug-in

291

(1)

Creating plugin.xml

292

(2)

Creating a Menu-Based Plug-in Using Wizards

294

(5)

Testing Plug-ins with the Run-time Workbench

299

(2)

Deploying a Plug-in

301

(2)

Writing a Plug-in from a Skeleton

303

(2)

Responding to User Actions in a Plug-in

305

(1)

Creating a Plug-in Menu from Scratch

306

(4)

Creating Actions

310

(1)

Coding a Plug-in Action

311

(3)

Automatically Adding a Plug-in to a Perspective

314

(2)

Creating Plug-ins: Wizards, Editors, and Views

316

(19)

Creating a Plug-in That Supports Wizards and Editors

316

(4)

Customizing a Wizard

320

(3)

Customizing an Editor

323

(3)

Creating a Plug-in That Supports Views

326

(3)

Adding Items to a View

329

(1)

Configuring a View's Actions

330

(5)

Index

335

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