tooling-guide/src/pars.xml

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<chapter id="pars">
	<title>Developing PARs</title>
	<para>In @project.name@, applications consisting of multiple bundles can be packaged as a PAR.
	</para>

	<para>
		To create a PAR, right-click in the
		<emphasis>Package Explorer</emphasis>
		and select
		<menuchoice>
			<guimenu>New</guimenu>
			<guimenuitem>Project…</guimenuitem>
		</menuchoice>
		. In the dialog that opens select
		<menuchoice>
			<guimenu>EclipseRT</guimenu>
			<guimenuitem>PAR Project</guimenuitem>
		</menuchoice>
		and press
		<emphasis>Next</emphasis>
		:
		<mediaobject>
			<imageobject role="fo">
				<imagedata fileref="images/new-par-project.png" format="PNG" align="center" width="9cm" />
			</imageobject>
			<imageobject role="html">
				<imagedata fileref="images/new-par-project.png" format="PNG" align="center" />
			</imageobject>
		</mediaobject>
	</para>
	<para>
		In the New PAR Project dialog, ensure the
		<emphasis>Use default location</emphasis>
		option is unchecked, enter a suitable name for the project, set the location to a suitable directory, and press
		<emphasis>Next</emphasis>
		. For example, the Greenpages sample PAR project would look like this:
		<mediaobject>
			<imageobject role="fo">
				<imagedata fileref="images/create-par-project.png" format="PNG" align="center" width="9cm" />
			</imageobject>
			<imageobject role="html">
				<imagedata fileref="images/create-par-project.png" format="PNG" align="center" />
			</imageobject>
		</mediaobject>
	</para>
	<para>
		In the next dialog, some of the PAR properties are pre-populated. Set the Application Name and the Version as
		appropriate, then ensure that the
		<emphasis>Target Runtime</emphasis>
		is set to
		<emphasis>Virgo Web Server (Runtime) ...</emphasis>
		and press
		<emphasis>Next</emphasis>
		. For example:
		<mediaobject>
			<imageobject role="fo">
				<imagedata fileref="images/par-content.png" format="PNG" align="center" width="10cm" />
			</imageobject>
			<imageobject role="html">
				<imagedata fileref="images/par-content.png" format="PNG" align="center" />
			</imageobject>
		</mediaobject>
	</para>
	<para>
		In the next dialog, select the bundles so that they are contained in the PAR and press
		<emphasis>Finish</emphasis>
		. For example:
		<mediaobject>
			<imageobject role="fo">
				<imagedata fileref="images/bundle-references.png" format="PNG" align="center" width="9cm" />
			</imageobject>
			<imageobject role="html">
				<imagedata fileref="images/bundle-references.png" format="PNG" align="center" />
			</imageobject>
		</mediaobject>
	</para>

	<para>The PAR project is then created.
	</para>
</chapter>