Installation

Install Eclipse

Obviously, you need an Eclipse installation ;-)

This plugin has been tested with Eclipse 3.4 and 3.5.

Install the plugin

• In Eclipse, go to Help > Software Updates...
• Select the Available Sofware tab
• Click Add site...
• Enter <nowiki>http://protewiz.sourceforge.net/update-site</nowiki> and click Ok
• Expand the entry Uncategorized and set the checkmark next to Project from template
• Click Install...
• Confirm the selection in the Install window that opens now, confirm the license agreement and click Finish

Configure the "Project from Template" plugin

Before using the "Project from template" plugin, you must add some preferences.

• In Eclipse, go to Window > Preferences... > Cenit Tools - Preferences
• Press Add new preferences set to add a new set of preferences
• Adjust the entries to your needs
  • "Name" is a descriptive name for the connection
  • "Base URL" is the HTTP URL where the templates can be found; the template entry is a URL that points to a Subversion repository
  • "Indexfile" is the name of the index file that contains the list of available templates

• Press OK to save the preferences

To delete a set of preferences, simply click on the row in the table and press Delete selected preferences set

How to use the Project Template Wizard

• In Eclipse, go to File > New > Project...
• Expand the Java node, select ProjectFromTemplateWizard and click Next
• If you entered a password-protected URL, you will be asked for user and password for this URL now
• In the next panel, enter the project name and click Next
• The following pane shows the template settings
  • The comobox shows the names of all available preferences sets
  • The listbox belos shows all templates defined in the index file
  • The table shows all settings for the selected template

• Fill in the fields and either click Next to adjust the Java settings or Finish to create the new Java project