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Section 1: Creating the project jar component using the jar-template

• This setup assumes that you have completed the Workstation configuration as found on the CSF Home - Getting Started tab.
  If you have not completed the Workstation configuration , please do so now .
  
  Please read the OVERVIEW before continuing.

1. Run Eclipse.  Go to File > New > Other....
   Scroll down to SVN and expand then select Project from SVN as shown in the following panel.
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
   
2. From the Checkout Project from SVN repository panel, select Create a new repository location as shown in the following panel.
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
   
3. In the Enter Repository Location Information panel do the following:
   for the URL: field enter:

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   svn+ssh://svn.mit.edu/es-projects/es-project-template/jar-template/trunk

   For the Label, select: use the repository URL as the label
   For the Authentication, enter your User name and password.
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
   
4. The Repository Location Properties panel is a warning panel.
   
   You do not want to normalize the URL!
   click No.
   
5. In the Select Resource panel, select

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   svn+ssh://svn.mit.edu/es-projects/es-project-template/jar-template/trunk

   as shown in the following panel:
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Finish.
   
6. In the Check Out As panel, select Check out as a project with the name specified: as shown in the following panel.
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Finish.
   
7. Your Eclipse - Project Explorer View should now look similar to the following:
   
   
8. Right click on the jar-template project and select Team > Disconnect
   When the following Confirm Disconnect from SVN panel is displayed, select Also delete the SVN meta-information from the file system.
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Yes.
9. Open the Eclipse - Navigator View
   
   • expand the jar-template project,
   • delete the .settings file.
     
10. Open the Eclipse Project Explorer View.  The view should look as follows:
    
    Right click on the jar-template project and select Rename....
    Replace jar-template with the short project acronym that you have previously selected.  If you have not selected a short project acronym, please go to Selecting names for your project before continuing.
    Prefix a csf- to the short project acronym to denote that this is the jar component of your project.
    For example: If my short project acronym was att, then my panel would look like the following:
    
    When satisfied that everything is correct, click OK.
    
11. The Eclipse - Project Explorer View should look similar to the following:
    
    
12. Right click on the renamed project and select Configure > Convert to Maven Project
    Expand your project and it should look similar to the following:
    
    
13. Right click on the renamed project and select Team > Share Project...
    Select SVN as shown below:
    
    When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
    
14. Select Create a new repository location as shown below:
    
    When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
    
15. Enter a desired SVN URL for your project.
    The SVN repository that you should use is svn+ssh://svn.mit.edu/es-projects/ followed by the SVN project identifier that you had previously selected.  If you have not selected a SVN project identifier, please go to Selecting names for your project before continuing.
    For example:  If my SVN project identifier is academic-att, then the SVN URL would be:

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    svn+ssh://svn.mit.edu/es-projects/academic-att.

    This would mean that my jar project would be created under the es-projects/academic-att directory in the SVN repository.  This is shown
    in the following panel:
    
    Don't forget to enter your User name and Password,
    When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.
    
16. When the following panel is display notifying you that a new SVN entry will be created:
    
    When satisfied that everything is correct, click OK.
17. Do the following:
    • In the Advanced Mode section, select Use project name.
    • In the Project Repository Layout section, select Use single project layout.
    • Check Use Subversion recommended layout ('trunk', 'branches' and 'tags') check box.

The panel should be as illustrated in the following panel:
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When satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.

1. Nothing to do here.  This is an information panel similar to the following panel:
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click Finish.
   
2. When a panel similar to the one below is display, enter a comment.
   This is the initial SVN check-in (svn commit) for the JAR project:
   
   When satisfied that everything is correct, click OK.
   
3. When the SVN commit has completed, the Eclipse - Project Explorer View should look similar to the following.
   
   

Creating the project jar component using the jar-template is now complete.