che-server/samples/sample-plugin-nativeaccess

Description

This sample extension illustrate how to access workspaces to retrieve configured commands and execute it with a simple action.

Read the tutorial at: https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/plugins/native-access-to-the-workspace/index.html

The following sample will create a new file called "che-was-here" in the project by using the native "touch" command.

How to test sample-plugin-nativeaccess plugin

1- Link to IDE Assembly

The plugin-nativeaccess extension is only a client-side (IDE) extension. You have to introduce the extension as a dependency in /che/assembly/assembly-ide-war/pom.xml.

Add:

...
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.eclipse.che.sample</groupId>
  <artifactId>che-sample-plugin-nativeaccess-ide</artifactId>
</dependency>
...

You can insert the dependency anywhere in the list. After you have inserted it, run mvn sortpom:sort and maven will order the pom.xml for you.

2- Register dependency to the GWT application

Link the GUI extension into the GWT app. You will add an <inherits> tag to the module definition. The name of the GWT extension is derived from the direction + package structure given to the GWT module defined in our extension.

In: assembly-ide-war/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/IDE.gwt.xml

Add:

...
<inherits name='org.eclipse.che.plugin.nativeaccessexample.NativeAccessExample'/>
...

3- Rebuild Eclipse Che

# Build a new IDE.war
# This IDE web app will be bundled into the assembly
cd che/assembly/assembly-ide-war
mvn clean install

# Create a new Che assembly that includes all new server- and client-side extensions
cd assembly/assembly-main
mvn clean install

4- Run Eclipse Che

# Start Che using the CLI with your new assembly
# Replace <local-repo> with the path to your Che repository, to use local binaries in your local image
# Replace <version> with the actual version you are working on
docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
                    -v <local-path>:/data \
                    -v <local-repo>:/repo \
                       eclipse/che:<version> start --debug

Documentation resources

• IDE Setup: https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/plugins/setup-che-workspace/index.html
• Building Extensions: https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/plugins/create-and-build-extensions/index.html
• Run local Eclipse Che binaries: https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/setup/configuration/index.html#development-mode