OpenCms开发模块（OpenCms Module Developer）

背景：

OpenCms是健壮内容管理系统。它是通过模块方式扩展安装。模块可以包含各种要素，如JSP的网页，编辑Java代码，第三方库，自定义资源类型等。

然而， OpenCms不提供开发环境，开发新的模块。最好在IDE中开发模块，像的Eclipse或NetBeans的，然后上传到OpenCms 。虽然已经有一些方法上传您的OpenCms模块，但每个方法有它自己的缺点。Eclipse的OpenCms插件模块，提供给开发者方便同步opencms和用Eclipse开发网站的结构。

 

 

 

OpenCms Module Developer

Background

OpenCms is a fine Content Management System. It is extendable through a mechanism of modules that can be added to an OpenCms installation. A module can consist of various elements, e.g. jsp-pages, compiled Java code, third party libraries, custom resource types etc.

However, OpenCms does not provide a development environment to develop new modules. Modules are best developed in an IDE, like Eclipse or NetBeans, and then uploaded to OpenCms. Although there are already several mechanisms for uploading your module to OpenCms, each method has it's own disadvantages. The Eclipse plug-in OpenCms Module Developer presented here is created to provide the developer with a convenient synchronisation mechanism to communicate his module with OpenCms from within Eclipse.

This plug-in is aimed at module developers. It can only synchronise with modules located in the VFS folder /system/modules/. It's intention is that the developer can develop his module with the tools provided by Eclipse and periodically upload his module to a local OpenCms installation to test his work.

The plug-in is released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and the source code can be viewed from the subversion repository.

Features

The OpenCms Module Developer plug-in requires that every module is a separate Eclipse project. Below is a list of current features of the first release.

• New Module wizard
• Support for OpenCms 6.0 through 7.0 (rc2 or newer)
• Support for special web container configurations, such as database drivers that are located in a shared lib folder
• Eclipse Library containing the OpenCms binaries is automatically added to your project's classpath
• Upload your module to OpenCms, overwriting existing files and removing obsolete files. OpenCms properties set on existing files are preserved.
• Upload (as above) and publish your module to OpenCms.
• Download your module from OpenCms, overwriting existing files and removing obsolete files.

More features will be added in future releases and the goal of this plug-in is to become a full featured OpenCms development environment for Eclipse. Features currently on the wishlist are:

• Maintain OpenCms file- and folder properties from within Eclipse
• Maintain module configuration information from within Eclipse, such as resources, exportpoints, parameters, dependencies and administrative information
• Create a module zip file that can be imported in an OpenCms installation
• Support for XmlContent schema validation

 

Requirements

You need Eclipse 3.2 or newer and a working local OpenCms installation. OpenCms versions 6.0 through 7.0 (rc2 or newer) are supported. When communicating with OpenCms, about 22 MB of memory from Eclipse is used. Please adjust your memory settings of Eclipse as appropriate.

As of release 0.0.5 of this plugin, Java 5 is required.

Installation

Download the jar-file and drop it into the /plugins directory of Eclipse and (re)start Eclipse. After (re)start, first set the preferences on the OpenCms module Developer preferences pages in Eclipse (Window | preferences...)

Usage

For a short presentation on the usage of the plug-in, you can view the tutorial presentation. 

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Remarks

This is a first alpha release of the OpenCms Module Developer plug-in. It is not (yet) thouroghly tested and most certainly will contain bugs.
You can file a bugreport or feature request, but please first check if your issue is not already reported in the system.