Re: [rvm-research] Netbeans

[Ian R. <ian...@ma...>]

Srikrishna S wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> Im working on the register allocator.
> Im having trouble integrating the source code as a Netbeans Project ,
> there seem to be a lot of missing classes . Online help is rather
> confusing and contradicting.
>
> Thanks
>   

Hi Srikrishna,

there is some documentation on the web site on editing Jikes RVM with 
Netbeans. I tried it out and it worked for me. I must admit to regularly 
using Eclipse though. Here are some details:

the Jikes RVM creates some of its source files by either using bash or a 
Java application called the template generator. So that an IDE can 
understand these Java files there is a special ant target called 
eclipse-project. First you must build the Jikes RVM (e.g. ant 
-Dhost.name=ia32-linux -Dconfig.name=development). Next you must run ant 
again, but this time explicitly state that you want to run the 
eclipse-project target (i.e. ant -Dhost.name=ia32-linux 
-Dconfig.name=development eclipse-project). Next you can use NetBeans or 
Eclipse to import the project. There is a special eclipse project import 
tool for NetBeans:

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/import-eclipse.html

you need to use the eclipse project importer and use the option to 
import the project ignoring dependencies.

I succeeded in importing a project and I believe the generated classes, 
etc. weren't missing for me. In fact everything was just as it is in 
eclipse.

All of the documentation, as you know, is here:
http://jikesrvm.org/Editing+JikesRVM+in+an+IDE

If you'd like a wiki account to help improve the documentation, that'd 
be great.

Thanks,
Ian

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