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		Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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	This document describes all steps necessary to create a development environment to develop the EDIT Taxonomic Editor. If you are looking for 
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	instructions on how to install the EDIT Taxonomic Editor please consult the {{{./manual.html} manual}}.
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	<Table of Contents>
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* Requirements
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	The current version of the EDIT Taxonomic Editor is developed against Eclipse Indigo for RCP developers.
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* Checking out the sources
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	Use subversion to check out the sources from the EDIT repository to a location on your development machine.
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$ svn co http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/svn/trunk/taxeditor
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	This will leave you with a directory <<<taxeditor/>>> containing everything that is needed. We will have a look at the contents later on.
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* Setting up eclipse
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	* Start up eclipse (make sure you have the required version installed) and open a workspace. 
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	* Open up the Import Wizard via <File -\> Import...> from the menu
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	* Choose <General -\> Existing projects into Workspace > and click next.
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	* Check <Select Root Directory> and browse to the <<<taxeditor/>>> directory. After confirming the directory selection dialog, the <Projects> list should contain a number of projects all starting with 
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	<<<eu.etaxonomy.taxditor>>> which should be checked for import.
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	* Click <Select All> to finish the wizard and import the projects into your workspace.
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	You should now be able to see the taxeditor projects in your workspace.
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	* The eclipse installation may be missing the following plugins which have to be installed via their update site:
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 		* <SWTBot> <<API>> plugin from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/releases/latest/>
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		* <Modeling-\>><<Graphical Editing Framework Zest Visualization Toolkit SDK>> from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo>
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		* <Nebula Release Individual Widgets-\>> <<Nebula CompositeTable Widget>> from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/technology/nebula/snapshot>
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	* To Install the plugins use the Eclipse-Install-Wizard via <Help -\> Install new Software> and paste the URL in the <Work With> row. Click <Add> and use the Filter to find, check and install plugins.
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* Dependencies
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	The Taxonomic Editor uses <maven 3> for convenient configuration and automation of common tasks, 
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	such as resolving dependencies and automating builds.
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 	The <<<latest snapshot branch>>> of the Taxonomic Editor is programmed against the latest
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	SNAPSHOT version of the cdmlibrary. Because that dependency will change quickly, we
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	do not imclude it with the other dependencies but rather install it with maven.
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	In order to do that you have to run <<<mvn validate>>> in your <<<taxeditor/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib>>> directory.
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$ cd taxeditor/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib/
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    The maven pom.xml provides a special profile which you may want to use if you are developing the cdmlib at the same time. This profile, named <<<local-repository>>>, causes maven to always use the local maven repository, so the latest changes to the cdmlib which have been installed locally by <<<mvn install>>>  will be used. In order to use this profile you would execute the validate gloal differently:
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 $ mvn -P local-repository  -Dlocalrepo=/home/${youUserName}/.m2/repository validate
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	This will take some time, as maven will download the required dependencies.
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	To get rid of the errors, you have to update the classpaths of all plugin projects. To do this right-click any of the <taxeditor-*> projects and choose <PDE Tools -\> Update Classpath...>. Click <Select All> in the dialog and confirm. After a rebuild of your entire workspace all errors should be gone and you are ready to go.
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	<<Note>>: If you have also checked out the cdmlib sources you may have to run <<<mvn install>>> on the cdmlib project beforehand to update the cdmlib jars in your local maven repository.
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* Bundle overview
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store>
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	This package communicates with cdmlib-service directly, offering all services, basic operations on cdm data as well as import export functionality. Database and user management is also contained in this package.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.navigation>
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	The <Taxon Navigator> as well as the <Search> view are located in this plugin.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor>
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	Everything that has to do with editing a taxon or data that is connected to a taxon resides in this plugin. This includes the <Name Editor>, the <Details View>,
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	the <Supplemental View>, the <Descriptive Data View> as well as the <Media View>. All interface elements that are used in the <taxeditor-bulkeditor> plugin are 
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.bulkeditor>
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	The different bulkeditors are in this plugin.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.printpublisher>
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	This plugin is a frontend and GUI for the <cdmlib-print> module. Please see the {{{http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/printpublisher/}according documentation}} for further information.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.application>
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	This plugin bundles all the previous plugins into an application and configures the look and feel.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib>
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	As said before, <cdmlib> dependecies reside in this plugin. Please also note that this plugin does not contain any sourcecode.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.feature.platform>
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	A feature containing all dependencies for the eclipse platform.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor>
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	The product configuration for the standalone application.
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	Automated GUI Tests for the Taxonomic Editor that can be run with {{{http://eclipse.org/swtbot/}SWTBot}}.
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	To start the Taxonomic Editor from your newly created development environment you need to create a launch configuration.
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	* Expand <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor> and open <<<eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.product>>>
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	The Taxonomic Editor should launch. Note: You might want to tweak the launch configuration, e.g. increase the memory.
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* Where do I go from here?
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	Please read the {{{http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/TaxonomicEditorDev}wiki}} for how-to's and code examples.
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