Using Rodin as Target Platform
When developing plug-ins for Rodin, it is somewhat cumbersome to have to download all sources from the repository, or to import them in the workspace somehow, just to be able to read them. Using a target platform is a convenient alternative. Moreover, this alternative allows to validate one's plugin against a specific version of the Rodin platform and facilitates regression testing.
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Configuring a Target Platform
Since Rodin 3.0, a software site is provided for each release, the archive is named
in the SourceForge repository.
It contains the full Rodin platform along with sources.
Definition of the Target Platform
In Eclipse, open the Preferences pop-up window by clicking . Then, select in the tree, and click .
In the Target Definition window that pops up, select
| ◎ Nothing: Start with an empty target definition |
, then click . Enter a name for your target platform, for instance
. Then, click the button of the tab.
In the window that pops up, select , then click .
In the new page, titled , click , enter a name, like
. Click and browse to the location of the
.
Click then .
For Rodin 2.x
Releases prior to Rodin 3.0 provided a slightly different way of configuring a target platform.
Preparation
To configure a Rodin release as a target platform, first download two files from SourceForge:
- rodin-VERSION-dev.zip: contains the Rodin platform together with its sources,
- rodin-VERSION-repo.zip: a p2 repository of the full Rodin platform.
Then, unpack the
file somewhere on your hard disk. There is no need to unpack the
file anywhere, as Eclipse can process it directly.
Definition of the Target Platform
Then, in Eclipse, open the Preferences pop-up window by clicking . Then, select in the tree, and click .
In the Target Definition window that pops up, select
| ◎ Nothing: Start with an empty target definition |
, then click . Enter a name for your target platform, for instance
. Then, click the button of the tab. In the window that pops up, select , then click . In the new page, titled , enter the location of the directory where you unpacked the
and click .
Back to the window, click again.
In the window that pops up, select this time, then click . In the new page, titled , click .
In the window that pops up, click and select the repository file you have downloaded (e.g.,
and click until you are back to the window. There, untick the checkbox, select in the list and click twice.
Back to the window, select the Rodin platform you have just added to activate it and click .
Important: It is essential to build the target platform in the order given above, otherwise links to source files do not work correctly in Eclipse.
Complement to the Target Platform
If you plan to run tests with JUnit, you have to add the JUnit plug-in as a complement to your target platform. For that, edit the target platform definition from the Preferences window and select in the window. In the next page, click and select . Then, select the feature from the list and click twice.
