Installing an Eclipse project for the seal component

1. Open a command prompt (cmd on Windows)
2. Change to the SOSI/modules/seal directory
3. execute mvn eclipse:eclipse
4. Open Eclipse and select File | Import...
5. Select Existing project into Workspace
6. Browse to the Root Directory i.e. SOSI/modules/seal
7. A seal project should now appear in the "projects:" box. Click Finish

Configuring Eclipse

1. Right click the seal project in the package explorer and select Properties
2. Select Java Build Path and select the Libraries tab
3. Click Add variable and click Configure variables
4. Click New and enter M2_REPO as name and select the folder: /.M2/repository. In Windows this is something like: C:/Documents and Settings//.m2/repository

Installing the Subversion plugin for Eclipse

1. Install the plugin using the SubClipse guide: http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html
2. Right click the project in the "package explorer" and select Team | Synchronize with repository. This will bring you to the synchronization view in the "Team synchronization" perspective ... learn it and love it

Installing the Clover plugin for Eclipse

1. Download the plugin from http://www.cenqua.com/download.jspa
2. Follow the installation guide on http://www.cenqua.com/clover/doc/eclipse/index.html
3. Require our free Clover license (for Open Source projects) by contacting me (Jan Riis) and install it.

Configuring code templates

1. Open the windows | preferences dialog
2. Navigate to java | code style | code templates and activate the import button
3. Import the file /config/eclipse/codetemplates.xml