*vim-java-classpath*


Eclipse Classpath Editing
*************************

Source code completion, searching, auto imports, all rely on a
properly configured classpath.  When you first create a project, a
.classpath file is created in the project's root directory.  If you
created the project on an existing code-base, eclim will attempt to
setup the .classpath file with any source code directories or
libraries in the project.

Regardless of the state of your project you will at some point need to
update the classpath.  The primary method of doing so, is to directly
edit the .classpath to add, update, or remove entries as needed. To
help you do this, eclim provides several commands to ease the creation
of new classpath entries and variables.

Note: All of the commands described below are only available while editing
  the .classpath file in vim.When you write the .classpath file, Vim
  will issue a command to the eclim server to update the project's
  classpath, and will report any errors via vim's location list (:help
  location-list).In addition to directly editing the .classpath file,
  you may also use maven's support for maintaining the eclipse
  classpath.  For users who use ivy (http://jayasoft.org/ivy), eclim
  also provides a means to auto update the eclipse classpath when
  saving changes to your ivy.xml.

*:NewSrcEntry*

- :NewSrcEntry <dir> [<dir> ...] - Adds a new entry for one or more
  source code directories relative to the project's root directory.

  >
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/java"/>

  <

  This command supports command completion of directories relative to
  the .classpath file.

*:NewProjectEntry*

- :NewProjectEntry <project> [<project> ...] - Adds a new entry for
  one or more dependencies on other projects.

  >
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="src" path="/a_project"/>

  <

  This command supports command completion of project names.

*:NewJarEntry*

- :NewJarEntry <file> [<file> ...] - Adds a new entry for one or more
  jar file dependencies.  If the jar file is not in a folder under the
  project root, you must use an absolute path (apparent limitation
  with Eclipse).  When adding the template, this command also adds the
  necessary (although commented out) elements and attributes to set
  the location of the jar's source code and javadocs.

  >
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/hibernate-3.0.jar">
       <!--
         sourcepath="<path>">
       -->
       <!--
       <attributes>
         <attribute value="file:<javadoc>" name="javadoc_location"/>
       </attributes>
       -->
     </classpath>

  <

*:NewVarEntry*

- :NewVarEntry <VAR/file> [<VAR/file> ...] - Just like NewJarEntry
  except an Eclipse "var" entry is created.  When a jar entry
  references an absolute path, you should instead use a var entry.
  The var entry allows you to define a base dir as a variable (ex.
  USER_HOME = /home/username), and then reference files relative to
  that variable.

  >
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="var" path="USER_HOME/lib/hibernate-3.0.jar">
       <!--
         sourcepath="<path>">
       -->
       <!--
       <attributes>
         <attribute value="http://<javadoc>" name="javadoc_location"/>
       </attributes>
       -->
     </classpath>

  <

  This allows you to share .classpath files with other developers
  without each having a local copy with environment specific paths.

  To add new base classpath variables, you can edit $ECLIPSE_HOME/plug
  ins/org.eclim_version/classpath_variables.properties

  By default, a USER_HOME variable is created that defaults to the
  java System property "user.home" and you can add more as needed.

  This command supports command completion of Eclipse variable names
  as well as the files and directories beneath the path the variable
  represents.

  To manage the classpath variables, eclim also provides the following
  commands.

  *:VariableList*
  - :VariableList - Lists all the currently available classpath
    variables and their corresponding values.

  *:VariableCreate*
  - :VariableCreate <name> <path> - Creates or updates the variable
    with the supplied name.

  *:VariableDelete*
  - :VariableDelete <name> - Deletes the variable with the supplied
    name.

*classpath-maven*


Maven
=====

Maven (http://maven.apache.org) comes bundled with an Eclipse plugin
that allows you to easily maintain your .classpath file based on your
pom.xml (or project.xml for maven 1.x users).

Note: For additional information on the Eclipse plugin from maven, you may
  visit their online documentation for maven 1.x
  (http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/eclipse/) or maven 2.x
  (http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-ide-eclipse.html).

*:MvnRepo* *:MavenRepo*

- Initial Setup

  To initialize maven's support for updating the eclipse classpath you
  first need to set the M2_REPO (or MAVEN_REPO for 1.x) classpath
  variable in the Eclipse workspace by executing the following command
  which is made available when editing the pom.xml (or project.xml for
  1.x) file in vim:

  maven 2.x:

  >
     :MvnRepo

  <

  maven 1.x:

  >
     :MavenRepo

  <

- Updating your .classpath

  Once you have performed the initial setup, updating the Eclipse
  .classpath file is as easy as executing the following at a command
  line:

  maven 2.x:

  >
     mvn eclipse:eclipse

  <

  maven 1.x:

  >
     maven eclipse

  <

  or in Vim:

  maven 2.x:

  >
     :Mvn eclipse:eclipse

  <

  maven 1.x:

  >
     :Maven eclipse

  <

- Search Online Maven Repository

  Eclim also provides the command :MvnDependencySearch
  (:MavenDependencySearch for 1.x) which allows you to search for
  dependencies in the online maven repository as described in the
  maven documentation (|vim-java-maven-dependencies|).

*classpath-ivy*


Ivy
===

For users of ivy (http://jayasoft.org/ivy), eclim provides support for
auto updating the .classpath for your project every time you save your
ivy.xml file.  Any entries found in the ivy.xml that are not in the
.classpath will be added, any entries that differ in version will be
updated, and any stale entries deleted.

*:IvyRepo*

- Initial Setup

  Before you can start utilizing the auto updating support, you must
  first set the location of your ivy repository (ivy cache).  This is
  the directory where ivy will download the dependencies to and where
  eclipse will then pick them up to be added to your project's
  classpath.

  To set the repository location you can use the :IvyRepo command
  which is made available when editing an ivy.xml file.

  >
     :IvyRepo ~/.ivy2/cache/

  <

  If you fail to set this prior to writing the ivy.xml file, eclim
  will emit an error notifying you that you first need to set the
  IVY_REPO variable via this command.

- Updating your .classpath

  Once you have performed the initial setup, updating the Eclipse
  .classpath file is as easy as saving your ivy.xml file (:w) and
  letting eclim do the rest.

- Preserving manually added entries

  When utilizing the ivy support, eclim will attempt to remove any
  stale entries from your .classpath file.  If you have some manually
  added entries, these may be removed as well.  To prevent this you
  can add a classpath entry attribute notifying eclim that the entry
  should be preserved.

  Ex.

  >
     <classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/j2ee-1.4.jar">
       <attributes>
         <attribute name="eclim.preserve" value="true"/>
       </attributes>
     </classpathentry>

  <

*:IvyDependencySearch*

- Search Online Maven Repository

  Eclim also provides the command :IvyDependencySearch which allows
  you to search for dependencies in the online maven repository as
  described in the maven documentation
  (|vim-java-maven-dependencies|).

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