Working

Get and Prepare the Sources

First, check out the active development branch of Apache Directory Studio and all co-projects run the following command:

svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/directory/studio/trunk studio

Now, change to studio:

cd studio

Run the following command to create eclipse descriptors (.project, .classpath files and .settings folder), and create the 'lib' folder, as well as update the MANIFEST.MF files (needed to launch Apache Directory Studio inside Eclipse):

mvn eclipse:eclipse studio:eclipse

Prepare Eclipse

Declare a classpath variable named M2_REPO, pointing to ~/.m2/repository. You can declare new variables in Eclipse in Windows -> Preferences... and selecting Java -> Build Path -> Classpath Variables.

Install SWTBot from the SWTBot update site http://swtbot.sourceforge.net/update-site. Select both, SWTBot Feature and SWTBot Eclipse Feature.

To fulfill the coding standards it is recommended to import formatting profiles and code templates as described here: http://cwiki.apache.org/DIRxDEV/coding-standards.html

Import Projects into Eclipse

Open the Import Wizard, select General -> Existing Projects into Workspace, on the next wizard page choos Select root directory and browse for the checked-out studio folder, select all projects and press Finish.

Start Studio Plugins in a Runtime Environment

To start the studio plugins in a runtime environment select Run -> Open Run Dialog..., select Studio Runtime and press the Run button.

To start the core integration tests select Run -> Open Run Dialog..., select Studio-Integration-Test-Core and press the Run button.

To start the UI integration tests select Run -> Open Run Dialog..., select Studio-Integration-Test-UI and press the Run button.