groovy-eclipse-plugin-archetype

Maven archetype creating multiple, Tycho-built, Groovy based eclipse-plugin projects with a nested structure :

 __artifactId__    : parent pom project
 |
 |---__artifactId__.core   : eclipse-plugin 
 |
 |---__artifactId__.feature: eclipse-feature 
 |
 |---__artifactId__.test   : eclipse-test-plugin (Fragment project)
 |
 |---__artifactId__.site : eclipse-update-site

The generated plugin is based on the Hello World template from the PDE Wizard, rewritten in Groovy :

[...] creates a simple action set that adds Sample Menu to the menu bar and a button to the tool bar. 
Both the menu item in the new menu and the button invoke the same Sample Action. 
Its role is to open a simple message dialog with a message of your choice.

Pre-Requisites :

• JDK 1.6 or later
• maven 3.0 or later
• Eclipse Juno (4.2) with PDE and the Groovy Eclipse Plugin, or Groovy Grails Tool Suite (http://www.springsource.org/downloads/sts-ggts)
• m2e 1.1 or later
• m2eclipse-tycho 0.6 or later

How to use

In Eclipse, first add the Open Archetypes catalog :

• On the Archetypes Preferences page (Window > Preferences > Maven > Archetypes), click on the "Add Remote Catalog..." button

  • Catalog file : http://open-archetypes.github.com/maven-repo/snapshots/
  • Description : Open Archetypes (Snapshots)

• Click OK to close the dialog

• Click OK to close the preferences

Now you can create a new project, using the Maven wizard :

• Create a new Maven project

• Click Next to land on the Archetype page

• Select the Open Archetypes (Snapshots) catalog

• Check the "Include Snapshots" button

• Select groovy-eclipse-plugin-archetype and click Next

• Enter the Group Id, Artifact Id and Version informations. Eclipse requires the version to follow a Major.Minor.Micro pattern, so you should use 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT instead of 1.0-SNAPSHOT

• You can change the required properties if needed :

  • tycho_version : the tycho version that will be used to build the project in command line. Defaults to 0.18.1
  • eclipse_platform : the Eclipse platform, will drive what eclipse update site will be used to resolve the Eclipse dependencies. Supported values are : helios, indigo, juno, kepler. Defaults to kepler .

• Hit Finish

• Wait for awesomeness

Current m2e support in Groovy Eclipse plugin does not automatically add the Groovy nature to the core and test projects. On these projects, you will need to :

• right click on project
• Configure > Convert to Groovy Project

Once the projects are created, you can start testing Eclipse hosted mode, run JUnit Plug-in tests ...

You can then build your projects in command line, in a terminal, by issuing :

mvn clean install

An zipped update site will be created as <project.parent>/<project.site>/target/<project.site>-<project.version>-site.zip.