tycho-eclipse-plugin-archetype

This archetype will create a multi-modules project with a nested structure :

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

The generated plugin is based on the Hello World template from the PDE Wizard :

[...] 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.

This archetype is an updated version of the one I gave to https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/TYCHO-442

Pre-Requisites :

• JDK 1.6 or later
• maven 3.0 or later
• Eclipse Helios (3.6) with PDE or later (Juno (4.2) is the default target)
• 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 tycho-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 0.16.0
  • 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 juno .

• Hit Finish

• Wait for awesomeness

• 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 verify

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