What is the best way to use Restlet in Eclipse?
Of course, you could manually use the JAR files in your Eclipse projects, but the most flexible way is to rely on Eclipse’s plug-in infrastructure. Here are some detailed steps to get you started: • Drop the content of the Restlet’s “lib/” directory into Eclipse’s plug-in directory • Restart Eclipse and go into “Help/About Eclipse SDK” menu • In the new dialog, click on the “Plug-in Details” button • In the new dialog, you should see the registered plugins, for example under the “Noelios Technologies” provider name Now in order to use those plugins: • Select “New Project” and choose “Plug-in Project” • Click “Next >”, eeter a project name and click “Next >” again • Disable the plug-in options checkboxes (unless you do need them) • Click “Finish” and you should see you new project with the plug-in “Overview” panel displayed • Select the “Dependencies” tab and click “Add…” in the “Required Plug-ins…” section • Select the plugins you need, start by either “org.restlet”, “com.noelios.
Of course, you could manually use the JAR files in your Eclipse projects, but the most flexible way is to rely on Eclipse’s plug-in infrastructure. Here are some detailed steps to get you started: • Drop the content of the Restlet’s “lib/” directory into Eclipse’s plug-in directory • Restart Eclipse and go into “Help/About Eclipse SDK” menu • In the new dialog, click on the “Plug-in Details” button • In the new dialog, you should see the registered plugins, for example under the “Noelios Technologies” provider name Now in order to use those plugins: • Select “New Project” and choose “Plug-in Project” • Click “Next >”, eeter a project name and click “Next >” again • Disable the plug-in options checkboxes (unless you do need them) • Click “Finish” and you should see you new project with the plug-in “Overview” panel displayed • Select the “Dependencies” tab and click “Add…” in the “Required Plug-ins…” section • Select the plugins you need, start by either “org.restlet”, “com.noelios.r
