Spring IDE Guide ?

From: http://springide.org/project/wiki/SpringideGuide?

To start working with Spring IDE you need a SpringProject. A SpringProject can be created by adding the SpringProjectNature to an existing project or by creating a new Spring project with the SpringProjectWizard.

Add SpringProject nature ?

• select open project nodes in Eclipse resource navigator or JDT package explorer
• activate context menu item "Add Spring Project Nature" on selected projects

• once the nature is added, these projects are now decorated with a small 'S' in the upper right corner (overwriting other decorators, e.g. Java project decorator 'J')

• to remove the nature, right click the project and select "Remove Spring Project Nature"

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See also: SpringProject, SpringProjectNature

Create new SpringProject ?

• open the wizard selection dialog via the menu "File / New / Project..."

• select the wizard "Spring IDE / New Spring Project"

• enter the project name
• (optionally) modify the comma-separated list of supported BeansConfig file extensions (default is "xml")
• if you don't need a Java project then deselect the checkbox "Create a Java project"
• for a Java project you can change the project's settings (source / classes folder, classpath, libraries, ...) on the next dialog page

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See also: SpringProject

Add references to other Spring projects (optional) ?

• open a Spring project's properties dialog from the context menu in Eclipse resource navigator or JDT package explorer
• select the properties page "Project References" from the list on the left side
• enable all Spring project(s) containing Spring Beans config files which are referenced from within this project via Spring Beans config sets (defined later on)

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See also: BeansConfig, BeansConfigSet

Add Spring BeansConfig files ?

• open a Spring project's properties dialog from the context menu in Eclipse resource navigator or JDT package explorer
• select the properties page "Spring Beans" from the list on the left side

• (optionally) modify the comma-separated list of supported BeansConfig file extensions (default is "xml")
• use the button "Add..." to open a selector dialog providing a list of all files with the specified extensions in your Spring project and select the corresponding Spring BeansConfig files

• once the config files are selected the corresponding files are decorated with a small 'S' in Eclipse resource navigator or JDT package explorer

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See also: BeansProjectProperties?, BeansConfig

Create Spring BeansConfig file sets (optional) ?

• open a Spring project's properties dialog from the context menu in Eclipse resource navigator or JDT package explorer
• select the properties page "Spring Beans" from the list on the left side
• select the second tab labeled "Config Sets"

• use the button "New..." to open a dialog for creating a new config set with a selection of all config files (added in the previous step) belonging to this config set
  • define a unique name for the config set
  • activate the checkbox "Enable bean override" if multiple beans with the same ID should be overidden by the last bean (used by the BeansConfigValidator only -> if activated then bean overriding is not treated as validation error)
  • activate the checkbox "Is incomplete" if this config set does not contain all beans which are referenced by other beans defined in this config set (used by the BeansConfigValidator only -> if activated then unresolved bean references are not treated as validation errors)
  • externally defined config files (as described in section "Add references to other Spring projects") are decorated with a small blue arrow)

• use the buttons "Move Up" and "Move Down" to change the order of the config files within the config set (important for bean overriding)

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See also: BeansConfig, BeansConfigSet, BeansConfigValidator

Open Spring BeansView ?

• select from within any of the added Spring BeansConfig files opened in an Eclipse editor the menu item "Navigate/Show In/Spring Beans"

• once the menu item is selected the Spring BeansView is opened and the corresponding Spring BeansConfig file is selected in the view's model

• double-clicking on certain entries in the Spring BeansView (bean, property or constructor argument) navigates to the corresponding location in the config file
• by selecting the corresponding toolbar actions the BeansView supports alphabetical sorting and syncing with the BeansXmlEditor

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See also: BeansView, BeansConfig, BeansXmlEditor

Validate Spring BeansConfig file ?

• after modifying and saving any of the added Spring BeansConfig files from within an open Eclipse editor this config is automatically validated by Spring IDE
• for any error occured during validation a problem marker is created and listed in Eclipse's problem view

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See also: BeansConfig, BeansConfigValidator

Open Spring BeansGraph ?

• right-clicking on certain entries in the Spring BeansView (config, config set or bean) opens a read-only editor showing a graph with all beans referenced by the selected view entry

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See also: BeansView, BeansConfig, BeansConfigSet, BeansGraph

Search for Spring Beans ?

• open the search dialog via the "Search / Search..." menu
• select the tab "Spring Beans Search" to switch to the BeansSearch dialog

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See also: BeansSearch

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