Chapter 18. Builders and Natures

We want to extend the process of building a Java project to include running tests. If there was only one way to build a project, building would simply be represented by a method on IProject. However, the build process is complex and differs from project-to-project. In this chapter, we'll see how to contribute to the build process. In particular, we will see how to

  • Use natures to configure builders

  • Use builders to participate in the build process

  • Declare natures and builders

Each project has associated with it a set of builders. Each builder is informed any time Eclipse decides to build a project. A builder can transform resources to bring them up to date or it can validate that the resources are in a consistent state. ...

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