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SamVH
SamVH

Reputation: 23

Swing Explorer plugin for Eclipse Indigo

I manage to run Swing Explorer stand alone, but would really like to run an Eclipse plugin for it. From what i gather there is a plugin supporting Eclipse 3.2/3.4, but i can't get it to work in Indigo or find a newer plugin for Indigo. Has anyone managed to get it to work or know of a plugin for Indigo? If not, another plugin with the same functionality can be considered.

I have seen mention of JDeveloper having some similar functionality, but that is not a viable option for now, as we are Eclipse based.

Regards, Sam

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3992

Answers (2)

moeTi
moeTi

Reputation: 3904

I'm using it in Indigo.

You can get the jar file here.

Just click on the link swexpl-eclipse.zip. you have to enter an email and they'll send you the download link. I haven't found another way, but didn't get any newsletters or something like that by now.

then just follow the install instructions which can also be found on that page. nothing to complicated

Upvotes: 0

Rekin
Rekin

Reputation: 9971

I also use SwingExplorer extensively for debugging, but not the plugin itself. Take a look at how I manage it's launch configuration.

Main-Class

  • org.swingexplorer.Launcher

Program Arguments:

  • org.yourcompany.YourMain

To JVM Arguments I added

  • -javaagent:swag.jar
  • -Xbootclasspath/a:swag.jar
  • -Dswex.mport=63812
  • -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote

In Classpath

  • 1 new Entry: swexpl.jar (contains org.swingexplorer.Launcher)

The nice thing about this approach is that it doesn't require SwingExplorer plugin, only the jars. You have pretty much functional SwingExplorer with only one feature missing, namely the Jump-to-code in Eclipse, when you click on any trace.

Sidenote: I also use Groovy Console in background wso that I can always easily alter any compoent I want (I wrote a function - inspired by JQuery's selector - to traverse Swing hierarchy). If you're interested I can also write about it in more detail.

Upvotes: 4

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