Developing with Eclipse

Installation

Eclipse Integration

BaseX is being developed with the Eclipse environment. Some style guidelines are integrated in the sources of BaseX; they are being embedded as soon as you open the project.

The Subclipse Plugin is needed to check out the latest sources from our repository. Next, we recommend to use the m2eclipse plugin to add Maven support to Eclipse. Some additional guidelines are defined via Checkstyle and can be integrated with the eclipse-cs plugin.

To checkout BaseX, do the following:

1. File » Import
2. SVN » Check out Projects from SVN
3. Use the repository https://svn.uni-konstanz.de/dbis/basex and click "Browse"
4. Choose the project you like:
   
   1. basex is the main project
   2. api contains the BaseX APIs (XQJ, XMLDB and bindings in other languages)
   3. examples demonstrates some use cases for BaseX
5. Click Finish

Run BaseX with Eclipse

1. Press Run » Run…
2. Create a new "Java Application" launch configuration
3. Select "basex" as "Project"
4. Choose a "Main class" (e.g., org.basex.BaseXGUI for the graphical user interface)
5. Launch the project via "Run"

Compile & Run BaseX

If the standalone version of Maven is installed, you can run mvn compile in the project directory to compile BaseX. Should you wish to create / package your own jars you can do so by running mvn package. By adding the flag -DskipTests=true you can skip running the JUnit-tests.

Type in java -cp target/classes/org.basex.BaseX to run BaseX.

You can launch the following classes, which are all placed in the org.basex main package:

BaseX

console mode

BaseXServer

server instance, waiting for requests

BaseXClient

console mode, interacting with the server

BaseXGUI

graphical user interface

Moreover, try -h to have a look at the available command-line options. For example, you can evaluate XQuery expressions or process database commands without entering the console.