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| <h2>Setting up a component project</h2> | |
| <p>Similar to plug-ins and fragments, PDE treats platform components as projects. | |
| PDE attaches a special "component" nature to these projects to | |
| differentiate them from other project types. The project must have a specific | |
| folder structure and a component manifest. The project must be set up with | |
| references to all of the plug-in and | |
| fragment projects that will be packaged into the component. (You can set | |
| up project references using the properties page for a project.)</p> | |
| <p>PDE provides a wizard for setting up a component project. Typically, you use | |
| this wizard to set up a component once you are done developing plug-ins and | |
| fragments. However, you can create the component at any stage of development and | |
| add new plug-ins later.</p> | |
| <h3>Example: Setting up a component for plug-ins and fragments</h3> | |
| <p>Assuming that you have followed the previous examples, you should have "XYZ | |
| Plugin" and "German Fragment" in your workspace already. We will | |
| create a sample component and package these artifacts to be ready for delivery.</p> | |
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| <li>Bring up the component wizard (<b>New->Project->Plug-in Component | |
| Project</b>)</li> | |
| <li>Set the name of the project to "Sample Component" and press <b>Next</b>.</li> | |
| <li>Set the component id to "com.example.component" and the | |
| component version to "1.2.2". Set the provider to | |
| "Example". | |
| Set the | |
| description field to "Dummy description for the sample component."</li> | |
| <li>In the following page, check the only available plug-in (XYZ Plugin). | |
| Press <b>Next</b>.</li> | |
| <li>In the following page, check the only available fragment (German | |
| Fragment). </li> | |
| <li>Press <b>Finish</b>.</li> | |
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| <p>You should now have the "Sample Component" project in your workspace. | |
| The project should have a folder structure with the path | |
| "<b>install/components/com.example.component_1.2.2</b>". This structure | |
| should contain the component manifest file, <b>install.xml.</b> The | |
| component | |
| manifest editor will open for editing.</p> | |
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