[ssc]

Hey there,

I once attended a Struts class where the instructor used MyEclipse and showed us a plugin that provided a nice graphical overview of the flow of control as specified in struts-config.xml. The problem is I can’t remember which plugin it was. I thought it was EasyStruts but I haven’t found it in there. Does anybody know which plugin offers this kind of functionality?

Thanks,
Steffen

[support-michael]

It was most likely the Improve Struts config viewer. Note, to install that plugin you will also need GEF pre-installed. I don’t recall the installation details but you can learn more at the Improve site.

Michael
MyEclipse Support

[ssc]

Michael,

Thanks for your answer. Having had a look at the screenshots I recognized that that’s what I’m looking for. However, I do have some problems installing the GEF plugin. I’m running MyEclipse 3.6.2. I had unzipped the the GEF into the plugin folder but when I opened MyEclipse I got a message informing me that it couldn’t install the GEF plugin because some 2.1.1 component is missing. I’m stuck at this point and do not know how to continue. Any advise?

Thanks,
Steffen

PS: I heard people saying that they run Eclipse 2.1.1 and MyEclipse Work Bench 3.6.2. I thought that the 3.6.2 Work Bench included Eclipse? Is that true? Thanks for clarifying.

[support-michael]

1) I don’t think GEF is compatible with Eclipse3 yet. I have only used the Struts plugin on Eclipse 2.1.1.

2) MyEclipse3.x will not run reliably on a Eclipse2.x SDK platform. The MyEclipse installer should prevent this from happening.

Michael
MyEclipse Support

[ssc]

Michael,

Thanks for your quick response. Regarding GEF, I think I just have to wait.
I might not have phrased my second question correctly but part of the question I have in mind has already been answered by your reply. It is concerned with the relationship of Eclipse and MyEclipse. As far as I understand MyEclipse is used to support the development of J2EE web applications. The question is do I have to install the Eclipse SDK or would it be sufficient to just install the MyEclipse Work Bench?
Also, the current version of Eclipse is 2.1.1 and that of MyEclipse is 3.6.2?

Thanks,
Steffen

[support-michael]

Good question. MyEclipse installs as a product extension of Eclipse. So an Eclipse SDK installation is prerequisite for MyEclipse installation. The current GA releases are Eclipse 2.1.1 and MyEclipse 2.6.2. We provide MyEclipse 3.6.2 for upgraded customers which is a port of MyEclipse 2.6.2 for Eclipse 3.0M3. But it is experimental due to the unstable API for the Eclipse 3 platform at this time.

Michael
MyEclipse Support

[Bob Edmonston]

I use the struts console plug-in for eclipse which works well and does pretty much what you describe. You can get it at http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/console/

[ssc]

Bedmonston,

I had a look at that plugin too but as far as I know it didn’t offer a nice graph that would illustrate the flow of control. Here’s a screenshot of what I was looking for:
http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/struts-config-editor/images/plug-in.gif

Steffen

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