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Alex Graschitz
Alex Graschitz

Reputation: 115

XPages: How to add a builder to an eclipse plugin project to build an XPage or custom control

I am building an XSP Plugin Project using Domino Designer which works fine after I followed the steps of https://frostillic.us/blog/posts/1934D011E867500185257EF10064C5AA&SessionID=D4TCTAVUQ2 on how to create such a project.

This project includes custom controls also, which I cannot edit with the graphical designer, this is ok for me. My problem now is, that, when I edit a custom control with the text-editor, the corresponding java file does not get re-compiled. What I am currently doing is editing the XPage in a temp. NSF and copy back the .xsp AND the .java file to the plugin project, customizing some path´s...this is a pain.

Project structure

The .xsp-config file points to the location of the .java file in the project: /com/adpunctum/aivistox/xsp/customcontrols/CCCategoryPicker

I added some builders form an NSF project and copied them to the .project file of the plugin-project.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
	<name>com.adpunctum.aivistox.xsp</name>
	<comment></comment>
	<projects>
	</projects>
	<buildSpec>		
		<buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.javalib.javalibmarkerbuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.design.jsvalidationbuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.ide.resources.facesConfigbuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.ide.resources.BuildPropertiesBuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.ide.resources.pluginXMLbuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>   
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.xsp.editor.xpagesbuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>com.ibm.designer.domino.ide.resources.LWPDBuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>   
    <buildCommand>
      <name>org.eclipse.pde.ManifestBuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
      <name>org.eclipse.pde.SchemaBuilder</name>
      <arguments/>
    </buildCommand>
	</buildSpec>
	<natures>
		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
	</natures>
</projectDescription>

Does anyone have the clue how to get these java files complied ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 184

Answers (2)

Alex Graschitz
Alex Graschitz

Reputation: 115

David, thank you for your hint - I just watched the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Rn_3Bmy0M At the end of the show, he tells a very basic and - for me - important thing: If you want to change something, just "copy back the important files to the osgi plugin"...well, it seems that this is the only solution how to make changes in such a plugin: edit the custom controls in an .nsf project and copy the files to the plugin.

Upvotes: 1

Paul Stephen Withers
Paul Stephen Withers

Reputation: 15739

I don't have an answer, but maybe the XPagesDesignerPlugin4Eclipse project in OpenNTF Stash may point you in the right direction. Christian Guedemann was involved in the development of it, so may be able to advise.

Upvotes: 0

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