Import helloworld project into Eclipse fails

[Logan G Hawkes]

I'm trying to get the Atlassian SDK set up with Eclipse as per the tutorial but I'm stuck near the end. I've generated Eclipse config files as per Step 2: Generate Eclipse configuration files but I'm stalled at Step 3: Import helloworld into Eclipse. Eclipse refuses to import the project files and let me at the new project.

In step 2 I generated Eclipse config files by going to my workspace dir (C:\atlastutorial\helloworld) and running atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse. The command completed and the console reported "Wrote Eclipse project for "helloworld" to C:\atlastutorial\helloworld."

In step 3 I tried to import the project into Eclipse, but Eclipse refuses. I'm trying to import an existing project from the root dir of my project (C:\atlastutorial\helloworld). Eclipse seems to find the project, but when I click "Finish" I get an error message saying that the project description is invalid "C:\atlastutorial\helloworld overlaps the workspace location: C:\atlastutorial\helloworld".

I'm fairly confused now. I can see the various project files (.project, .settings, .metadata, .classpath) in C:\atlastutorial\helloworld, but Eclipse just won't grab them. As a workaround I created a new folder at C:\atlastutorial\w and copied C:\atlastutorial\helloworld\src, pom.xml, License.txt and README.txt to the new folder. Eclipse would let me import C:\atlastutorial\w as a project, but I fear that I've created a condition that's going to bite me down the road.

I'm using Atlas version 4.4.1 in the hopes of building a plugin for Jira 5.1.8. Eclipse is v3.6.2 (Helios) running on Windows Server 2008.

Can someone provide guidance?

[Andy Brook [Plugin People] · Accepted solution]

Folder location is not an issue.

Ensure your maven has maven support, then, use import existing maven project.

With Eclipse, you have a workspace folder, with projects in, put your 'atlastutorial' in your workspace folder, then use 'import > existing maven project'.

[Logan G Hawkes]

Thanks, Andy. One point of clarification, I don't know what you mean by "Ensure your maven has maven support,"

[ConradR]

He means eclipse. Check if your eclipse has maven support and then import your helloworld project as a maven project ;)

[Logan G Hawkes]

I figured as much, but I'm dealing with multiple unfamiliar elements (Maven, Eclipse, Atlassian SDK) and I have a tenuous grip on how they fit together so I wanted to be sure.

[Andy Brook [Plugin People]]

M2Eclipse details available at http://eclipse.org/m2e/download/

[ConradR]

It's not directly the answer you are looking for, but I prefer IntelliJ IDEA as Java IDE:

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

It has a working Maven support out of the box and there is free community edition, too.