Eclipse RCP launcher generator for IDEA

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with building DBeaver, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• JDK 17 or higher: DBeaver uses OpenJDK 17 as the default Java Development Kit. Make sure you have JDK 17 or a newer version installed.
• Apache Maven 2.9.5 or higher: This is required for managing the project's build. You can download it from the Apache Maven website.
• Git: You need to install Git to clone the DBeaver repository. If you have not already, visit the official Git website for download and installation instructions.
• Internet Access: Required for downloading dependencies and other necessary components during the build process.

How to generate IDEA workspace

• Clone repositories in the same folder
  • https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver-common
  • https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver
  • https://github.com/dbeaver/cloudbeaver (only if you need to make changes in Cloudbeaver)
  • https://github.com/dbeaver/idea-rcp-launch-config-generator
• Execute the generate_workspace script in either the dbeaver or cloudbeaver repo, depending on the workspace you need. Once dependencies are downloaded and IDEA configs created, the folder dbeaver-workspace will appear. The IDEA configuration, by default, will be generated in dbeaver-workspace/dbeaver-ce or dbeaver-workspace/dbeaver/cloudbeaver-ce, which can be opened in IntelliJ IDEA.
• Launch IDEA and open the configuration. It should contain all launch configurations

Now, you can debug code in IDEA, modify Java classes on the fly, etc.

Manual launch Configuration (Optional information)

This tool generates the dev.properties and config.ini files needed to run the project in the dev environment, additionally it creates IDEA configuration in (output folder)/idea-configuration.

Accepts the following required parameters:

Parameter	Description
-config	Path to file with configuration
-eclipse.version	Version of eclipse(use ${eclipse-version} for maven version)
-projectsFolder	Path to projects folder
-eclipse	Path to the folder with eclipse and other dependencies should be the same. The same as ECLIPSE_PATH in IDEA preferences(optional, ${projectsFolder}/../dbeaver-workspace will be used if not specifed)
-output	Place for result files

Configuration file example:

featuresPaths=\
  dbeaver/features;
bundlesPaths=\
  dbeaver-common/modules;\
  dbeaver/plugins;
repositories=\
  https://p2.dev.dbeaver.com/eclipse-repo/;\
  https://download.eclipse.org/releases/${eclipse-version}/;
testBundles=\
  org.junit;\
  org.mockito.mockito-core;\
  junit-jupiter-api;\
  org.opentest4j
productsPaths=\
  dbeaver/product/community/DBeaver.product;
ideaConfigurationFilesPaths=\
  dbeaver/.ide/idea/copyright;\
  dbeaver/.ide/idea/scopes;

Parameter	Description
featuresPaths	list of paths to Eclipse features folders
bundlesPaths	list of paths to Eclipse bundles folders
productsPaths	list of paths to Eclipse products, working directory can be provided after ':' for IDEA launch configs
repositories	list of repositories used to download third-party bundles from
testBundles	Bundles required for launching unit tests
ideaConfigurationFilesPaths	Files of IDEA configuration to be copied(optional)
additionalModuleRoots	Additional root IDEA modules can be generated if required(optional)

Note: Technically this tool should work with any Eclipse RCP, not just dbeaver or cloudbeaver.