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7.3.5 Configuring the workspace for Eclipse

In this section, we provide step-by-step instructions on how to configure the

workspace for application development using Eclipse Web Tools Platform.

Creating the workspace

To create the workspace:

1. From Windows Explore, open <eclipse_home> and double-click eclipse.exe

to launch Eclipse. This opens a Workspace Launcher dialog box as shown in

Figure 7-19.

Figure 7-19 Configure Eclipse: Workspace Launcher

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2. Enter the Workspace directory and click OK to open the Welcome window

(Figure 7-20). In our example, we used C:\AdventureWS.

Figure 7-20 Configure Eclipse: Welcome window

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3. Click the icon on the right of the window to go to the workbench shown in

Figure 7-21.

Figure 7-21 Configure Eclipse: Workbench

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Configuring a new JRE

After you have opened the workbench, you need to configure a new JRE. Follow

these steps:

1. In the menu bar, click Window → Preferences to launch the Preferences

window.

2. Click Java → Installed JREs as shown in Figure 7-22.

3. Click Add to launch Add JRE wizard.

Figure 7-22 Configure Eclipse: Preferences

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4. In the Add JRE dialog box (Figure 7-23), complete the following fields:

JRE type: Standard VM

JRE name: IBMJDK150

JRE home directory: C:\Program Files\IBM\Java50\jre

5. Click OK.

Figure 7-23 Configure Eclipse: Add JRE