Launching iManager in Eclipse

Novell Cool Solutions: Feature
By R Sathish

Digg This - Slashdot This Posted: 17 Aug 2004

Here's a nicely detailed, step-by-step article explaining how to launch iManager in Eclipse.

	1. Create a Java project

1. File -> New Project -> Java Project
2. Enter name "iManager 2.5" -> Next
3. Add source files to work area.
4. Link to VCS work area - Please see my article on linking IDE and Work area

	2. Create iManager 2.5 library

1. Libraries -> Add Library -> User library -> Next -> User libraries -> New
2. Enter name as "iManager 2.5

3.  Add jars (Beware of a defect in Eclipse 3.0 RC3 which crashes Eclipse while pointing the mouse over a file name. Use Ctrl+A instead.)

Add all jars in
TOMCAT_HOME\bin\
              bootstrap.jar
              commons-daemon.jar
              tomcat-jni.jar
TOMCAT_HOME\server\lib\
                      catalina-ant.jar
                      catalina.jar
                      commons-beanutils.jar
                      commons-digester.jar
                      commons-logging.jar
                      commons-modeler.jar
                      jaas.jar
                      jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
                      mx4j-jmx.jar
                      mx4j.license
                      servlets-cgi.renametojar
                      servlets-common.jar
                      servlets-default.jar
                      servlets-invoker.jar
                      servlets-manager.jar
                      servlets-ssi.renametojar
                      servlets-webdav.jar
                      tomcat-coyote.jar
                      tomcat-http11.jar
                      tomcat-jk.jar
                      tomcat-jk2.jar
                      tomcat-util.jar
                      tomcat-warp.jar

TOMCAT_HOME\common\lib\
                      activation.jar
                      ant.jar
                      commons-collections.jar
                      commons-dbcp.jar
                      commons-logging-api.jar
                      commons-pool.jar
                      jasper-compiler.jar
                      jasper-runtime.jar
                      jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
                      jndi.jar
                      jta.jar
                      mail.jar
                      naming-common.jar
                      naming-factory.jar
                      naming-resources.jar
                      servlet.jar
TOMCAT_HOME\webapps\nps\WEB_INF\lib\
                               AdminNamespace.jar
                               cos.jar
                               eMFrame.jar
                               iManagerBase.jar
                               iManagerBaseExt.jar
                               iManTagLibrary.jar
                               imap.jar
                               jaxen-full.jar
                               jcert.jar
                               jcifs.jar
                               jclient.jar
                               jdom.jar
                               jnet.jar
                               jsso.jar
                               jstl.jar
                               ldap.jar
                               ldapbp.jar
                               local_policy.jar
                               LogEvent.jar
                               NetComponents.jar
                               NMASToolkit.jar
                               novbp.jar
                               nps.jar
                               observer.jar
                               pop3.jar
                               rbsCore.jar
                               saxpath.jar
                               smtp.jar
                               snmp2.jar
                               standard.jar
                               sunjce_provider.jar
                               US_export_policy.jar
                               WebServiceSDK.jar
                               xp.jar
                               xtier.jar

Remove all jars which you will be compiling.
(While working on Plugin X, remove X.jar.)

	3. Copy Required native libraries

In Windows

Copy TOMCAT_HOME\ webapps\nps\WEB-INF\bin\jclient.dll to WINDIR\system32

In Linux

Modify LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include IMANAGER_HOME/bin/linux/eDirectory/lib which has:

These libraries are provided by eDirectory.
iManager 2.5 has a separate copy of these libraries.

IMANAGER_HOME is the directory where iManager standalone version is installed.

	4. Create a Debug configuration

 1.  Run-> Debug?-> Java Application -> New

Main tab
 2.  Set project to "iManager 2.5"
 3.  Set Main Class to "org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap"

Arguments tab
 4.  Program arguments = "start"
 5.  VM arguments = "-Dcatalina.home=G:\imanager\tomcat"

 6.  Apply
 7.  Debug

	5. Launch iManager in a key stroke

 1.  F11 will launch iManager 25 inside eclipse.
 2.  Set breakpoints

 3.  Eclipse changes perspective to Debug when it hits a breakpoint. View output in Console tab.

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