Portlet Factory, Version 6.1.2
Eclipse-based IDEs
The IBM® WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer is fully integrated in Eclipse-based development environments.
The WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer is a plugin in the following Eclipse-based integrated development environments (IDEs):
- Eclipse 3.x
- IBM Rational Development Environments
WebSphere Portlet Factory projects in Eclipse-based IDEs
The table below describes the characteristics of WebSphere Portlet Factory projects:
Project Characteristic Description Project Nature WebSphere Portlet Factory projects use the Java project nature. Project Contents WebSphere Portlet Factory projects contain all the contents of the WebSphere Portlet Factory servable content root directory. For example, wpf.war and below. Source Directory WebSphere Portlet Factory projects use the WebSphere Portlet Factory installation WEB-INF/work/source directory as a source directory. You may designate other directories as Source Directories, but include this one. Build Directory Points to the WEB-INF/temp directory in which the project Java source files are compiled. An Ant script included as part of the WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer plugin copies the classes in this directory to the WEB-INF/work/classes directory. Included Libraries WebSphere Portlet Factory projects include all the JAR files in the WebSphere Portlet Factory WEB-INF/lib directory and the JAR files in WEB-INF/clientlibs/servlet.jar. External Tools An Ant script Copy Classes copies the compiled Java WEB-INF/work/classes directory.
Locations of WebSphere Portlet Factory and Eclipse IDE log files
You can find the log file for the WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer in the following directory:
eclipse/plugins/com.bowstreet.designer.core/logYou can find the log file for the WebSphere Portlet Factory in the WebSphere Portlet Factory WEB-INF/logs directory.
- Using existing JAR files with IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory projects
You can using existing JAR files in the Web application that you are developing.
- Accessing Javadoc in Eclipse-based IDEs
You can access the Javadoc for objects in your Java code in your integrated development environment (IDE).
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