I would suggest using the STS version of Eclipse from Springsource since
it comes as an Eclipse configured with everything that you need in a
single download
However, you do seem to be in good shape.
1) The project should have instructions about how to get the project
checked out as an Eclipse project or may suggest another IDE as being
more frequently used by their group
2) The project forum is a better place to ask this question.
Having told you where the really competent advice can be found, I will
take a crack at it ;-)
3) Can you browse the svn repo from the Eclipse "Repository Browsing"
view. If not fix your Eclipse SVN until you can. If so, check out the
project from that view so you only get a single option that will always
work.
Once you get the project downloaded into Eclipse, you should find the
POM file in the project and should be able to build the project
immediately if it is a Maven project.
I hope that this helps but you really should be asking this in the ofx4j
forum since they will really know how you should be starting to develop
or customize.
Ron
On 29/03/2013 1:08 PM, Peter J. Farley III wrote:
I need some very basic newbie help. I have never used maven before this,
but I would like very much to learn how.
I would like to import an existing open source maven project named ofx4j
into Eclipse on my machine. I have installed Eclipse Juno and Maven 3.0.5
on my Win7 system. Maven basic test "mvn -version" responds with correct
version numbers:
Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; 2013-02
Maven home: C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.0.5
Java version: 1.6.0_25, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
I have done no tasks with maven other than this.
I have the m2e and svn plugins installed in Eclipse, but when I try to use
the Maven import, I am confused by the choices and procedures to actually
get the ofx4j project sources into my Eclipse workspace.
When I try to do Maven import, there are 4 choices:
Check out Maven Projects from SCM
Existing Maven Projects
Install or deploy an artifact to a Maven repository
Materialize Maven Projects from SCM
I naively assumed I should use the "Check out" option to go retrieve the
project sources. When the import dialog then asks to pick an SCM, I
selected "svn" and pasted in the project repository address:
https://ofx4j.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ofx4j
Then I clicked Next and let the checkmarks default to "Use default Workspace
location" and clicked Finish.
Then nothing at all happens except that the import wizard disappears.
What am I doing wrong please? I have tried looking for tutorials about
importing an existing open source maven project into Eclipse, but none of
them seems to address the basic task of getting the existing sources into
the local Eclipse workspace.
I know I am missing something very basic, but I do not know what it is.
Any help or RTFM pointers you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Peter
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