I've written a java program that writes another java project. However, I want to add a piece of specific code that will import the project into the workspace. Can this be done?
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You have here the same idea expressed by Liran Orevi but with some more details and a code example:
/**
* Imports the given path into the workspace as a project. Returns true if the
* operation succeeded, false if it failed to import due to an overlap.
*
* @param projectPath
* @return
* @throws CoreException if operation fails catastrophically
*/
private boolean importExisitingProject(IPath projectPath) throws CoreException {
// Load the project description file
final IProjectDescription description = workspace.loadProjectDescription(
projectPath.append(IPath.SEPARATOR + IProjectDescription.DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME));
final IProject project = workspace.getRoot().getProject(description.getName());
// Only import the project if it doesn't appear to already exist. If it looks like it
// exists, tell the user about it.
if (project.exists()) {
System.err.println(SKTBuildPlugin.getFormattedMessage(
"Build.commandLine.projectExists", //$NON-NLS-1$
project.getName()));
return false;
}
IWorkspaceRunnable runnable = new IWorkspaceRunnable() {
public void run(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
project.create(description, monitor);
project.open(IResource.NONE, monitor);
}
};
workspace.run(runnable,
workspace.getRuleFactory().modifyRule(workspace.getRoot()),
IResource.NONE, null);
return true;
}
In this thread, you can also import projects which are zipped, with some code inspired from mostly scraped from org.eclipse.ui.internal.wizards.datatransfer.WizardProjectsImportPage.java.
4 Comments
Ritwik Bose
ok, so the code is a little complicated (I'm cooking dinner too). Can I simply call the existing ImportWizard and save myself writing this?
VonC
@Mechko: I am not sure, since I have not tested directly that code, but hopefully this can give you enough material for trying it out.
Ritwik Bose
It seems to be correct, though I couldn't get it to work in the limited time that I looked at it because I don't know how to get the workspace instance variable. I patched together a bash script that will do what I need for now (I need to run a java project that my java project generates.) But I will need this eventually, so thanks a lot
Scott Stanchfield
You can get the workspace using ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace() (Your plugin will need to depend on package org.eclipse.core.resources or plugin org.eclipse.core.resources, depending on how you like to specify dependencies)
You'll probably need to write an Eclipse Plugin.
Check those:
