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3 3  ==== Create New Directory Structure ====
4 4  
5 5  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245674441767.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
6 +The first thing we need to do is to create a new directory structure to allow for multiple versions of WebObjects to be installed in. This new directory structure basically creates a new root level that WOLips will look in for all frameworks used by a given project or workspace. This directory structure can be anything you wish. For demonstration purposes, I'm going to create it under the Developer directory.
6 6  
7 -The first thing we need to do is to create a new directory structure to allow for multiple versions of WebObjects to be installed in. This new directory structure basically creates a new root level that WOLips will look in for all frameworks used by a given project or workspace. This directory structure can be anything you wish. For demonstration purposes, I'm going to create it under the ##/Developer## directory.
8 +Create: /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/
8 8  
9 -Create: ##/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/##
10 -
11 11  ==== Download WOInstaller.jar ====
12 12  
13 13  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245677004032.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
13 +We now need to download the WOInstaller.jar file from http:~/~/webobjects.mdimension.com/wolips/ and save it into the Versions directory we just created.
14 14  
15 -We now need to download the ##WOInstaller.jar## file from ##http:~/~/webobjects.mdimension.com/wolips/## and save it into the ##Versions/## directory we just created.
16 -
17 17  ==== Use WOInstaller.jar to download WebObjects ====
18 18  
19 19  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245678323686.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
20 -
21 21  Open Terminal.app and run one of the following commands:
22 22  
23 -{{noformat}}
20 +sudo java --jar /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WOInstaller.jar 5.3.3 /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533
21 +sudo java --jar /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WOInstaller.jar 5.4.3 /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects543
24 24  
25 -java -jar /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WOInstaller.jar 5.3.3 /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533
26 -java -jar /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WOInstaller.jar 5.4.3 /Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects543
23 +Depending upon which version of WO you would like to download.
27 27  
28 -{{/noformat}}
29 -
30 -(depending upon which version of WebObjects you would like to download.)
31 -
32 32  ==== Installed Versions ====
33 33  
34 34  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245679408792.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
28 +When the script is done downloading you're directory should look something like this. At this point you could rename the directory to something like MyCustomer or MyProject. For this demonstration we'll just leave it named as is.
35 35  
36 -When the script has finished downloading, your directory should look something like this. At this point you could rename the directory to something like MyCustomer or MyProject. For this demonstration we'll just leave it named as is.
37 -
38 38  ==== Open Eclipse / WOLips ====
39 39  
40 40  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245679819648.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
33 +You need to launch Eclipse and WOLips at least once so that it will create the default wolips.properties file in ,,/Library/Application Support/WOLips/. If you've already been using WOlips, you can skip this step.,,
41 41  
42 -You need to launch Eclipse and WOLips at least once so that it will create the default ##wolips.properties## file in ##,,/Library/Application Support/WOLips/,,##,,. If you've already been using WOlips, you can skip this step.,,
35 +==== Copy the default wolips.properties file ====
43 43  
44 -{{note title="Note"}}
45 -
46 -Feb 12, 2010: At least with WOLips 3.4.5830, launching Eclipse/WOLips is not sufficient to get it to create the default {{wolips.properties}}. You need to create a project; a new WebObjects Application project will do nicely.
47 -
48 -{{/note}}
49 -
50 -==== Make a copy of the default ##wolips.properties## file ====
51 -
52 52  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245680007266.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
53 -Select the ##wolips.properties## file and make a copy of it. Then rename the copy to be ##wolips.yourversion.properties##. In reality, you can rename it however you'd like (for example: ##wolips.properties.533## or ##533.wolips.properties##), but I find that putting the version number in the middle (e.g. ##wolips.533.properties##) will keep all the different versions together, and will not mess with the extension mapping.
38 +Select the wolips.properties file and make a copy of it. Then rename the copy to be wolips.yourversion.properties. In reality, you can rename it however you'd like, for example: wolips.properties.533, 533.wolips.properties, but I find that putting the version number in the middle will keep all the different versions together, and will not mess with the extension mapping.
54 54  
55 -==== Modify your new ##wolips.533.properties## file to point to your newly downloaded version of WebObjects ====
40 +==== Modify your new wolips.properties file to point to your newly downloaded version of WebObjects ====
56 56  
57 -As an example, if you downloaded WebObjects 5.3.3 into ##/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533##, then modify your new ##wolips.533.properties## file as follows (substituting your username for ##bubba##, of course):
42 +[[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245682066002.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
43 +The following properties will need to be updated to point to your new WebObjects installation directory:
58 58  
59 -{{noformat}}
45 +wo.system.root
46 +wo.local.root
47 +wo.system.frameworks
48 +wo.local.frameworks
49 +wo.bootstrapjar
50 +wo.extensions
51 +wo.apps.root
60 60  
61 -wo.network.root=/Network
62 -wo.system.root=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/System
63 -wo.local.root=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533
64 -wo.user.root=/Users/bubba
53 +==== Set the Eclipse Workspace to use the newly Installed Version of WebObjects ====
65 65  
66 -wo.network.frameworks=/Network/Library/Frameworks
67 -wo.system.frameworks=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/System/Library/Frameworks
68 -wo.local.frameworks=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/Library/Frameworks
69 -wo.user.frameworks=/Users/bubba/Library/Frameworks
70 -
71 -wo.bootstrapjar=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/System/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/wotaskd.woa/WOBootstrap.jar
72 -wo.extensions=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/Library/WebObjects/Extensions
73 -wo.apps.root=/Developer/WebObjects/Versions/WebObjects533/Library/WebObjects/Applications
74 -
75 -wo.api.root=/Developer/Documentation/DocSets/com.apple.ADC_Reference_Library.WebObjectsReference.docset/Contents/Resources/\
76 -Documents/documentation/InternetWeb/Reference/WO542Reference
77 -
78 -{{/noformat}}
79 -
80 -==== Configure Eclipse to use your newly installed version of WebObjects ====
81 -
82 -Eclipse needs to be able to reference your ##wolips.533.properties## file, so that it can locate all the resources needed in order to build and to run your projects.
83 -
84 -Here you have two options:
85 -
86 -* you can set a workspace-wide preference to use a particular ##wolips.properties## file
87 -* you can configure an individual project to use a particular ##wolips.properties## file
88 -
89 -Neither approach is without its problems. Read on...
90 -
91 -===== Option 1 - Configure the Eclipse workspace to reference your new ##wolips.properties## file =====
92 -
93 93  [[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245680796194.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
56 +To tell the Eclipse/WOLips incremental builder where to find the version of WebObjects you want to use, you need to give it the name of the modified wolips.properties file. You do this by going Under the Eclipse menu, selecting Preferences, then selecting the "WOLips" tab at the right, expand it and finally selecting "Build". Enter in the file name of the wolips.properties file that you just modified.
94 94  
95 -With this option, we're telling the Eclipse/WOLips internal incremental builder to reference a specific ##wolips.properties## file for the entire workspace (rather than using the default, which is ##$HOME/Library/Application Support/WOLips/wolips.properties##). And by doing this, we're implicitly telling Eclipse which installation of WebObjects we want it to use.
58 +==== OPTIONAL - Setup Eclipse's Ant Builder to use the newly Installed Version of WebObjects ====
96 96  
97 -To change this setting, go to the "Eclipse" menu, select "Preferences", open the "WOLips" preference group, then select "Build". Enter the name of your new ##wolips.properties## file. Note that this can be either an absolute or relative filename. Relative filenames are relative to your ##$HOME/Library/Application Support/WOLips/## directory.
60 +[[image:http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/download/attachments/5275708/media_1245681896724.png?version=10||align="centre"]]
61 +Currently, the Eclipse Ant builder is not controlled by the "WOLips -> Build" setting in Eclipse's Preferences. You need to explicitly tell it to use your modified wolips.properties file. In your project, open the build.properties file in your project and add the fully-qualified path to your customized wolips.properties file.
98 98  
99 -Although in some cases you can get WOLips to use your new ##wolips.properties## via a Clean/Rebuild, or by closing/reopening your project, it's probably wise to just restart Eclipse, to make sure the change is "refreshed" for all your open projects. And then a Clean/Rebuild may also be in order.
100 -
101 -Eclipse/WOLips will also use this setting to find the referenced resources at runtime, i.e. when your run your project from within Eclipse.
102 -
103 -{{note title="Note"}}
104 -
105 -This setting currently affects only the Eclipse _internal_ builder - it will not influence external builds with Ant. That is, when you build your project (e.g. for deployment) using any of the following:
106 -- Ctrl-click {{build.xml}} -> Run As -> Ant Build
107 -- WOLips Ant Tools -> Install
108 -- build with Ant from the command line
109 -
110 -...this setting will not affect where Ant looks for the various resources specified by the settings in your alternate {{wolips.properties}}.
111 -
112 -In order to configure Ant so that it can find your {{wolips.properties}}-specified resources, you'll need to use Option 2, below.
113 -
114 -{{/note}}
115 -
116 -===== Option 2 - Configure your project to reference your new ##wolips.properties## file =====
117 -
118 -[[image:build.properties.png||align="centre"]]
119 -
120 -Currently, the Eclipse Ant builder is not controlled by the "WOLips -> Build" setting in Eclipse's Preferences. In order to build with Ant, you first need to tell Ant where to find your WebObjects installation and other resources. Your project's default Ant buildfile, ##build.xml## (which is created by WOLips when you create a new WebObjects application project), reads and uses the properties found in your ##$HOME/Library/Application Support/WOLips/wolips.properties## file. But you can specify a different ##wolips.properties## file by adding a line like the following to your project's ##build.properties## file:
121 -
122 -{{noformat}}
123 -
124 -wolips.properties=/Users/bubba/Library/Application Support/WOLips/wolips.533.properties
125 -
126 -{{/noformat}}
127 -
128 -{{note}}
129 -
130 -Note that for now (as of WOLips version 3.4.5830), this really must be an absolute, fully-qualified filepath; if you were to specify a relative filename, Eclipse/WOLips would treat it as being relative to {{$HOME/Library/Application Support/WOLips}}, but Ant (using the default {{build.xml}}) would treat it as being relative to your project's base folder.
131 -
132 -Also, you might think you could use an Ant variable specification such as $\{user.home\} on the right hand side -- but you can't. The problem is that while Ant would interpret this correctly, Eclipse/WOLips will not. Also note that you can't in any case use a tilde character as an abbreviation for your home directory.
133 -
134 -{{/note}}
135 -
136 -If you specify a ##wolips.properties## setting this way, it will override the workspace-wide WOLips preference setting.
137 -
138 -Eclipse will also use this setting to find resources at runtime, i.e. when you run your project from within Eclipse.
139 -
140 140  ==== OPTIONAL - Building your project from the Command Line Using Ant ====
141 141  
142 -If you want to build your project with Ant from the command line, you need to tell Ant two things:
65 +{{color value="#333333"}}
66 +Along with the usual argument that tells ant where the woproject.jar file is, you simply add another argument using the standard java command line property argument. Essentially we set a property telling the build.xml where the wolips properties file is and the build.xml in turn reads in all the properties from that.
67 +{{/color}}
143 143  
144 -===== (1) The location of the WOLips ##woproject.jar## file: =====
69 +{{color value="#333333"}}
70 +{code:title=Example}$ ant -lib /path/to/woproject.jar -Dwolips.properties=/path/to/wolips.533.properties clean build{code}
71 +{{/color}}
145 145  
146 -You can do this either via the ##-lib## parameter to the ##ant## command, e.g.
147 -
148 -{{noformat}}
149 -
150 -ant -lib /path/to/woproject.jar
151 -
152 -{{/noformat}}
153 -
154 -or by putting a copy of ##woproject.jar## someplace where Ant will find it. A convenient location for it is your ##$HOME/.ant/lib## folder:
155 -
156 -{{noformat}}
157 -
158 -mkdir -p ~/.ant/lib
159 -cp -p /Applications/eclipse-3.4.2/plugins/org.objectstyle.wolips.woproject.ant_3.4.5830/lib/woproject.jar ~/.ant/lib
160 -
161 -{{/noformat}}
162 -
163 -===== (2) The location of your ##wolips.properties## file: =====
164 -
165 -If you already specified this in your ##build.properties## (as per Option 2, above), then you're done. But perhaps you have no interest in building with Ant from within Eclipse, but only want to be able to do Ant builds from the command line. If that's the case, then you can use Ant's ##-D<property>=<value>## command line option to set the value of the ##wolips.properties## Ant property to be the path to your ##wolips.properties## file. Ant will read and process the file specified by the ##wolips.properties## property during the course of processing your ##build.xml##. Again, this path specification can be absolute or relative; but if it's relative, Ant will interpret it as being relative to your project's base folder.
166 -
167 -Example:
168 -
169 -{{noformat}}
170 -$ ant -Dwolips.properties=/Users/bubba/Library/Application\ Support/WOLips/wolips.533.properties clean build
171 -{{/noformat}}
172 -
173 -As above, you cannot use a tilde character as an abbreviation for your home directory (but you in fact //could// use an environment variable such as ##$HOME## - the shell would expand it before passing it to ant).
174 -
175 175  ==== OPTIONAL - Building your project using Hudson ====
176 176  
177 177  {{tip title="Shameless Plug"}}