Version 5.3.1
 —  Natural Business Services Eclipse Plug-in  —

Introduction

The Natural Business Services Eclipse plug-in helps you create business services in Natural and then connect to the business service repository and generate Web services or client proxy classes to access the services. In addition, you can use the plug-in to deploy these classes as Web services using the Apache Axis framework.

Use the Eclipse plug-in to:


Installation

During the Natural Business Services (NBS) Windows installation procedure, the Eclipse plug-in is copied to the default NBS installation folder. If desired, you can change the default location and install the plug-in in your Eclipse installation folder. This allows the plug-in to be automatically available in Eclipse.

Note:
For information on installing the Eclipse plug-in on Windows, see Natural Business Services Installation on Windows.

This section covers the following topics:

Install Plug-in for Eclipse Europa (3.3)

After the Eclipse plug-in has been copied to the default NBS installation folder, you can install the plug-in on Eclipse.

Start of instruction setTo install the plug-in on Eclipse Europa:

  1. Start Eclipse.

  2. Select Software Updates > Find and Install on the Help menu.

  3. Select Search for New Features to install.

  4. Select Next.

  5. Select New Archived Site.

  6. Select the path for the NBS 53 archive site.

    By default, this path is C:\Program Files\Software AG\Natural Business Services\V5.3\EclipsePlugin\Updates\com.softwareag.nbs-53.zip.

  7. Provide a site name.

  8. Select OK.

  9. Ensure that the new site is selected.

  10. Select Finish.

    The installation wizard is displayed.

  11. Install the plug-in.

  12. Restart Eclipse.

Install Plug-in for Eclipse Ganymede (3.4)

After the Eclipse plug-in has been copied to the default NBS installation folder, you can install the plug-in on Eclipse.

Start of instruction setTo install the plug-in on Eclipse Ganymede:

  1. Start Eclipse.

  2. Select Software Updates on the Help menu.

    The Software Updates and Add-ons panel is displayed.

  3. Select the Available Software tab.

    The available software is listed. For example:

    graphics/software-updates-add-ons-panel.png

  4. Select Add Site.

    The Add Site window is displayed. For example:

    graphics/add-site-window.png

  5. Select Archive.

    The Repository Archive window is displayed.

  6. Select the path for the NBS 53 archive site.

    By default, this path is C:\Program Files\Software AG\Natural Business Services\V5.3\EclipsePlugin\Updates\com.softwareag.nbs-53.zip.

  7. Provide a Site name.

  8. Select OK.

    The Software Updates and Add-ons panel is redisplayed.

  9. Select the features you want to install.

    We recommend that you select all features.

  10. Select Install.

    The installation wizard is displayed.

  11. Install the plug-in.

  12. Restart Eclipse.

Activate the Eclipse Plug-in

This section describes how to activate the Eclipse plug-in for Natural Business Services (NBS). To help organize the development environment, an NBS perspective is provided.

Start of instruction setTo activate the Eclipse plug-in:

  1. Select Open Perspective > Other on the Window menu.

    The Open Perspective window is displayed. For example:

    graphics/open-perspective-window.png

  2. Select NBS.

  3. Select OK.

    The NBS - Eclipse SDK is displayed, showing the standard views defined for the NBS perspective. The NBS Repositories view lists the available connections. To view the settings defined for a connection, select the connection in the NBS Repositories view. The settings are displayed in the Properties view. For example:

    graphics/nbs-perspective.png

    You can customize the NBS perspective as desired. The next time you start Eclipse, your NBS perspective will be loaded.

    Note:
    For information on configuring connections, see Configure Connections.

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