Eclipse setup
You will need to achieve 2 things :
- add BoundBox.jar to your project's classpath ;
- use BoundBox's annotation processor to compile your project.
This will allow you to add the @BoundBox annotation.
There are many ways to do so depending on your build system :
- add it to your projects build path by clicking in eclipse
- add it as ant/ivvy dependency
- add it as a maven dependency
- add it as a gradle dependency
This will create BoundBoxOfX classes as soon as you a @BoundBox annotation is found in your code.
In your project, allow annotation processing to take place during edition. For this Right-click on your project >> properties >> Java Compiler >> Annotation Processing as illustrated below.
You must :
- check all 3 checkboxes to allow annotation processing during edition.
- you must provide a destination path for generated sources. Here we used maven standard path.
Almost at the same place : Right-click on your project >> properties >> Java Compiler >> Annotation Processing >> Factory path
You must :
- check the checkbox to define custom "factories"
- you must provide the path of the annotation processor to use, and all its dependencies. This is boring, but that is the eclipse way. To ease that process, we shaded all dependencies of BoundBox in a single jar. You just have to add (as of Release 1.2+) :
- BoundBox's jar itself
Here, its path has been taken from a maven repo, but you can place them wherever you want.
You will find all needed jars on the release page of BoundBox
Every time you upgrade BoundBox's version, you have to :
- go to this menu
- remove the old BoundBox's jar
- click on Apply
- add the new BoundBox's jar
- click on OK