Configuring Eclipse to use the Atlassian Plugin SDK: atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse

[Robert Lauriston]

Following the instructions here: https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Configuring+Eclipse+to+use+the+Atlassian+Plugin+SDK

I did the add-maven-repo bit and the classpath variable shows up in my Eclipse preferences. When I do the next bit, I get the following error:

C:\plugins>atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse
Executing: "C:\Atlassian\atlassian-plugin-sdk\apache-maven\bin\mvn.bat"   eclips
e:eclipse
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'eclipse'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [eclipse:eclipse]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing eclipse:eclipse
[INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Cannot execute mojo: eclipse. It requires a project with an existing pom.
xml, but the build is not using one.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Nov 11 10:56:20 PST 2011
[INFO] Final Memory: 2M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Stefan Kohler · Accepted solution]

The plugin guide let's first configure your IDE before setting up a plugin. Best thing you could do is skip step 4. and continue with creating a plugin skeleton (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Create+a+Plugin+Skeleton). After you created the plugin then go back to configuring your IDE.

atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse should be run in the plugin directory, where the pom.xml should be ;-)

[Robert Lauriston]

Ah. I took "Change to your plugin directory" to mean the user directory where I'm planning to create my plugin. Does it mean ~\eclipse\plugins? Or one of the several plugins directories in the atlassian-plugin-sdk tree?

[Stefan Kohler]

It is the directory where you are planning to create your plugin. But to succesfully run eclipse:eclipse you have to create your plugin first. eclipse:eclipse uses the settings in your plugin to create the right settings.

[Robert Lauriston]

When I run atlas-create-confluence-plugin I get:

... Failed to resolve artifact.

Missing:
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1) com.sun:tools:jar:1.5.0

  Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

  Then, install it using the command: 
      mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.sun -DartifactId=tools -Dversion=1.5.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

  Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there: 
      mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=com.sun -DartifactId=tools -Dversion=1.5.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

  Path to dependency: 
  	1) com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-confluence-plugin:maven-plugin:3.7
  	2) org.jfrog.maven.annomojo:maven-plugin-tools-anno:jar:1.3.3
  	3) com.sun:tools:jar:1.5.0

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1 required artifact is missing.

for artifact: 
  com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-confluence-plugin:maven-plugin:3.7

from the specified remote repositories:
  atlassian-plugin-sdk (file://C:\Atlassian\atlassian-plugin-sdk/repository),
  central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
  atlassian-public (https://m2proxy.atlassian.com/repository/public) ...