Plugins - ngageoint/opensphere-desktop GitHub Wiki

Structure of a Plugin

myplugin/
   |- .checkstyle                           <- checkstyle configuration used during builds 
   |- .classpath                            <- Eclipse project classpath
   |- .project                              <- Eclipse project definition
   |- pom.xml                               <- Maven build file
   |- project-checkstyle-suppressions.xml   <- PMD project-specific suppression configuration
   |- src/                                  <- Folder in which all resources are stored
       |- main/                             <- Folder in which all non-test resources are stored
           |- java/                         <- Folder in which all non-test Java Source is stored
           |- resources/                    <- Folder in which all non-Java resources are stored
       |- test/                             <- Folder in which all test resources are stored
           |- java/                         <- Folder in which all test Java Source is stored
           |- resources/                    <- Folder in which all non-Java test resources are stored

Creating a new plugin project using Eclipse

1. Create a pom.xml file in the root directory of the project.
2. Put a pluginLoader.xml file in src/main/resources
3. Write code
4. Share the project to GIT
5. Set svn:ignore property on the top level directory (trunk) to the following: 'bin', 'target', '.pmd'