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| <h1>Exporting a plug-in</h1> | |
| <p>During the design phase, plug-ins and fragments in your workspace are used | |
| as-is so that you can quickly test and debug. Once you reach the stage where | |
| you are satisfied with your code, you need to publish it in a form suitable | |
| for deployment in an Eclipse product.</p> | |
| <p>The easiest way to do so is through the <b>Export Plug-ins and Fragments</b> | |
| Wizard. It shields you from ant scripts and does not pollute your workspace | |
| with resources generated during the build operations:</p> | |
| <p>Select <b>File > Export... > Deployable plug-ins and fragments</b></p> | |
| <p>Select the plug-ins and fragments you want to export. </p> | |
| <p>The export destination can be an archive or a directory.</p> | |
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| <p align="left">The recommended format for a deployable plug-in in 3.1 to be packaged | |
| as a JAR archive. Refer to the <a href="plugins_as_jars.htm">Exporting your | |
| plug-in as a JAR</a> document for details if you have a pre-3.1 plug-in that | |
| you need to JAR. </p> | |
| <p>You also have the option to save the settings of this export operation. | |
| This way you would be able to redo this export operation without having to go | |
| through the wizard all over again.</p> | |
| <p>Alternatively, plug-in JARs could be built manually. Refer to the | |
| <a href="pde_feature_generating_ant.htm">Creating Ant Scripts from PDE</a> | |
| section.</p> | |
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